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Winter count

Winter counts (Lakota: waníyetu wówapi or waníyetu iyáwapi) are pictorial calendars or histories in which tribal records and events were recorded by Native Americans in North America. The Blackfeet, Mandan, Kiowa, Lakota, and other Plains tribes used winter counts extensively. There are approximately one hundred winter counts in existence, many of which…

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Garrick MalleryLeonid
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LakotaBlackfeetMandanKiowaLakota
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related to References · 42
Winter count → American Ethnology, Annual Report, AnthroNotes, Arts, Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Calendar, Candace, Cody, Coup Counts, Cultures, DC, Educators Anthro Notes, Emma, Greene, Hansen, ISBN, James, Kiowa Indians, Lakota Winter Counts, Lives
related to Description · 19
Winter count → Dakota, For Lakota, Indigenous, Kiowa, Lakota, Located, Most, Nakota, North America, Northern Great Plains, Oftentimes, Similar, Sioux, Sun Dance, The, The Indigenous, This, Winter, Without
related to External links · 19
Winter count → American Indian, An Online Exhibit, ArtGood, DCLakota Winter Counts, Lakota Hehakapa Mahto, Lakota Winter Counts, Lakȟóta, Lone Dog's Winter Count, Minneapolis Institute, National Anthropological Archives, National Museum, Reliable, Smithsonian Education, Smithsonian Institution, View HTML Version, Waniyetu Wowapi, Washington, Winter Counts, YouTube
related to Corroborating dates · 8
Winter count → Garrick Mallery, He, Lakota, Leonid, November, Smithsonian, Stars Fell, The Year
related to Creation of winter counts · 8
Winter count → By, Epidemic, In, The, They, Traditionally, Until, When
related to Other Lakota, and Dakota · 2
Winter count → FlameLone Dog's, Hardin Winter CountMato SapaNorthernThe

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winter counts lakota history plains kiowa count year indigenous events used many people american smithsonian recorded north america blackfeet mandan

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Winter countrelated to Corroborating datesGarrick Mallery0.60section
Winter countrelated to Corroborating datesSmithsonian0.60section
Winter countrelated to Corroborating datesThe Year0.60section
Winter countrelated to Corroborating datesStars Fell0.60section
Winter countrelated to Corroborating datesLeonid0.60section
Winter countrelated to Corroborating datesNovember0.60section
Winter countrelated to Corroborating datesHe0.60section
Winter countrelated to Corroborating datesLakota0.60section
Winter countrelated to Creation of winter countsTraditionally0.60section
Winter countrelated to Creation of winter countsUntil0.60section
Winter countrelated to Creation of winter countsThey0.60section
Winter countrelated to Creation of winter countsThe0.60section

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