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looking for tipi village in america to join ... any legal ones out there ?

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rockrush69:
 I am in search of AT I am in search of ... i am in search of a tipi village so.ewhere in north america ... i was very much so turned on to this way of life from a few posts i found on here then some more resear ch online . But the one that I was planning to move to in South Oregon seems to b on its wa to extinction :( so now I am looking for a nother anywhere where it is not sweltering hot .... anyone know of such a place ?

rockrush69:
Sorry my phone seems to malfunction on this sight . Lol makes me type studdering . Lol

Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
coming from a guy that moved to Montana, build a small log cabin and lived in it totally off grid a while....  here are a few words to advice to hopefully help you in your quest.  Many states it is ILLEGAL to live offgrid.  Montana is one of the only states that they wont bother you, but the sacrifice you give is having to live amongst the dregs of society.. Unfortunately your neighbors will likely not be the romantic primitive living types that you hope. Lots of people who live like this are on the run thieves, druggies and miscreants. Just wanted to point that fact out because I didn't realize it until I lived there!  Any place extremely cheap to live, they'll call home. Now if you can find a strict tipi community, you may make out better... but you are still living on borrowed land and that can be tough. The best thing you can do is buy your own land in a state that has no rural habitation or building laws. Look for outhouses in the area.. you'll only find working outhouses in places that will tolerate off grid living... it's tougher than you think. The problem you will find with a community of people is there will be a conflict in land and how people use it.  Someone will inevitably take a .22 out to shoot rabbits and squirrels on a regular basis and game will become very scarce very quick.  People will make poor decisions with their waste and soon it wont be such a pretty, pristine place anymore. These are reasons that no one wants people living like this on their land and why state/federal lands have a maximum limit on camping days..  unfortunately the days of living this lifestyle are gone in this country unless you want to live in the ugliest, God forsaken places that no one else cares about. If there is a community that pops up on a nice ranch, it is inevitable that it will be short lived or they will start charging rent on the land in order to keep things cleaned up and keep the riffraff out.  I really wanted to live this lifestyle with my family, we made electric with solar, had satellite internet and hauled our water.. it's romantic until you realize that you have to work much harder to live b\c you providing for yourself... not much down time.. always chores that NEED done. We lasted a few years off and on but it starts to be no fun when you work so hard for what you have and you are afraid to leave it because your neighbors down the road are known thieves.. gets to where you are afraid to leave your wife and kid alone too! Winter is flat out tough and depressing.  Off grid places are notoriously tough to get in and out of in the winter and/or rainy seasons.  They are going to be dirt roads with poor access... no one will want to plow them or grade them for you for cheap. Living off the land in these conditions are extremely tough.... a lot of people died in these situations before modern civilization.  Now I dont ever want to discourage anyone from wanting to go live the primitive living dream because some of us need to go explore this route, myself included.  I live in FL and was born and raised here. I up and left to Montana to pursue this dream and it cost me soooo much money.  When I add up the cash I spent in the long run of moving costs, land costs and solar, electric necessities, after 3 years in MT I spent around 50k dollars that was completely flushed down the drain, no recovery.   Had I just stayed in FL and saved more I could have just bought myself 10-20 acres of FL land when prices bottomed out and I could have set up a nice "camp" there.  FL wont let you live in a house without running water or septic and wont let you "live" in a dwelling under 600 sqft (unless you have an old house that was built prior to the building codes) You actually are required to have A/C to live in FL too... if they catch you without a\c they can condemn the house!  ... BUT the good news is you can "camp" in Florida all you want and you are not required to have running water, a/c  electric or septic, but you can't " live" there.. but you can camp every day of the year..you just cant "live" there.... so basically you need to have a home address to show that you don't live there and you are just camping.... so a relatives house? or good friend?  It's not a bad idea to have a backup plan should the situation not pan out.  I know FL probably doesn't sound like the dream place, but it's actually better than you think. think it's hot here in the summertime???  You would not believe how hot central montana is in the summer... no joking..100degrees every day....hotter than FL and no coastal breeze! I didn't think you needed A/C in the summertime of MT... dead wrong.. wow that was miserable.  Winters in FL are mild yet you will find that living in a tipi in FL will get pretty darn cold too...  but living in a place that can hit 20 below zero is down right dangerous.. In my thick walled cabin I spent many nights of no sleep slaving over the wood stove to make sure the house didn't freeze inside despite the stove burning full blast... and that was in a cabin!   There is no such thing as- build a fire before bed and the coals will keep you warm all night. Its, I'm up every 2 hours filling the stove... in a non-air controlled tipi fire, your logs wont last very long and you may be paranoid to sleep afraid you'll burn the place down.   Nothing is worse than waking up frosty and having your water frozen!   It's tough out there. Only after you live it can you realize that it's not romantic...it's down right scary and amazing how our ancestors survived like this for thousands of years.   Before you head out on your adventure, I'd set up camp at some state camping grounds. some have a 3 week maximum camp time, then move down the road to a new one. try this out with your tipi in FL first this winter and see if you still want to take the next step before you commit to a cross country move and find yourself working odd jobs to save enough money to move back home. It's a sobering experience that I wouldn't give up the knowledge i gained in the process, but I wished I would have talked to someone who did it before I went. If you can find a couple acres of land here in FL to owner finance or buy outright, that may be a good option for you. Just enough to get your camp out of sight from the road and neighbors.  That is what I am in the process of doing now. I came home, saved for a solid year while working and paid cash for a $24k house so I have a home, now I am saving cash to buy my own few acre camp.. with any luck I will find a few affordable acres below the flood plane for cheap that backs up to a state forest.  Then I can have my get away camp for whenever I like.  Stay as long or as short as I like and no one to tell me one day that I have to move. I sure wish you luck in whatever adventure you take. A part of me wishes I would have gone the tipi route instead of the cabin, but my wife refused the tipi idea so I compromised with the cabin. It was way tougher than I ever fantasized it would be. I left Montana humbled and somewhat relieved (although I hate to admit that).

rockrush69:
Wow . That sucks . I did libe in wisconsin for a few years and spent an entire wi ter living in the back of my pick up with a camper top .. and it sucked . Then i rented a deer camp and spent alll night stoking fires too . I even documented it on youtube . "Survivorman living out of truck "  lol . It was fun . But sucked too . Im kinda over it . It seems like our world has changed and is not allowed to be the way it was before . The rural areas are as you said filled with thiefs and what not .... its sad ... anywYs .. thanks for the advice .

rockrush69:
Well the tipi village in oregon has invited me to come stay in the big tipi and visit so ... maybe i will just go tryit out .... i can always just leave if i dont like it .

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