The Indian Tepee Gift Shop

08/19/2026

Can this dumpling be any bigger ? Come see us 😎

08/16/2026

The Indian Tepee had a visitor yesterday! Our manager Megan had a baby !!! ❤️🐶

07/23/2026

Many people who know The Indian Tepee may not have known my husband, Tom.

Tom was the hardworking force behind so much of what made The Indian Tepee special. He worked tirelessly behind the scenes, taking care of the computer work, maintenance, and countless other tasks with patience, skill, and dedication. He gave so much of himself to the store, and his hard work helped shape it into the place so many people came to know and love.

Tom was a kind, dependable, and humble man, and his impact will always be part of The Indian Tepee’s story. I wanted to share a little about the man who helped make it all possible and whose legacy will always remain there. ❤️
I wanted to especially thank all the people that work for me ! There wasn’t one day that I worried about the stores because they all cared so much !
I will miss my husband terribly 💔 !

07/03/2026

Open everyday from 9 to 10 pm , come see us !

07/03/2026

Quick trip to NY ! Have a safe weekend !

06/29/2026

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Carl Dean, Eric Schultz, Monica Heise

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

06/18/2026

I see The Tepee !! 😀

Since today is not a nice day, I figured I would post a photo of sunnier times, this time over the beautiful little town of Bolton Landing!

Did you know that the town was supposed to be a little further south?
But thanks to an ornery hotel owner and the steamships the town developed further north!

Opening around 1800, the Mohican House was Bolton's first tavern and hotel. It was located where the Bixby Estate is now and located near, what is now known as, Mohican Point (which was later named after this hotel).

A landing was built on the end of the point for the steamboats to visit and people would walk over the grounds of the hotel to get to the main town. The owner of the Mohican House didnt like this, so he demanded another landing be built further north.
But this didnt do him well because when the landing moved north, the steamboats and their passengers moved north and the shops were not far behind them!
This is because these shops wanted to be first ones that disembarking passengers would see and hopefully spend their money at them, because just like with the first few links in a Google search, most of the folks would spend their money and time with the first few shops that they would see!
So the town would eventually center itself around the landing, thus creating the separate village of Bolton.

Well this didnt work out as well for the Mohican House as the owner hoped.
By the 1890s other hotels had been built that were both larger and grander and closer to the landing and the Mohican House had fallen on hard times and by 1899 the hotel had closed.

Be careful what you wish for folks!

Bolton Landing
New York

June 3, 2026.

05/28/2026

05/27/2026

Bigfoot syrup ! Come get it !

05/22/2026

Ready for the weekend ! Liberty dumplings are here !