Adoption credit. You can claim a tax credit for up to $13,170 of adoption expenses paid in 2010. If you adopt a child with special needs, you get the full credit even if the adoption cost less. The credit starts to phase out once your adjusted gross income exceeds $182,520.
Native Americans. in Olden Times for Kids. advertisement. advertisement. A tepee (tipi, teepee) is a Plains Indian home. It is made of buffalo hide fastened around very long wooden poles, designed in a cone shape. Tepees were warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Some were quite large. They could hold 30 or 40 people comfortably. Tepee Poles: The 15-foot poles were sometimes hard to find.
Used by families every day 6 people lived in this type home From: http://mariposa.yosemite.net/woodland/shelters.htm Miwok Sweat Lodge The ceremonial house was a very large structure in the center of the village. The roof was carefully laid in a certain fashion.