1. The Lone Dog Winter Count
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2. ? Winter Counts (a closer look) - PowerPoint
Winter Count: American Horse (Year: 1830–1831)
    
They saw wagons for the first time. ?
Notes: Red Lake, a white trader, brought goods
in the wagons (Corbusier 1886:138).
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3. Winter Count: American Horse (1828 – 1829)
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Winter Count: American Horse (1828 – 1829)
They had much antelope meat; hunted
by driving the animals into a corral.
Notes: They provided themselves with a large supply of antelope meat by driving antelope into a corral, in which they were easily killed (Corbusier 1886:138). Cloud Shield marks the same event, but White Cow Killer calls this year "Many-Rees killed winter" (Corbusier 1886:138). ?
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4. Winter Count: American Horse (1825 – 1826)
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Winter Count: American Horse (1825 – 1826)
Dakotas living south of Whetstone
Agency killed when the Missouri River flooded.
Notes: Some of the Dakotas were living on the bottomlands of the Missouri River, below the Whetstone, when the river, which was filled with broken ice, unexpectedly rose and flooded their village.  Many were drowned or else killed by the floating ice.  Many of those that escaped climbed on cakes of ice or into trees (Corbusier 1886:137)… Visit
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Winter Count: Swan (1833 – 1834)
Dakotas witnessed magnificent meteoric
showers; much terrified.
Notes: ...All the winter counts [Flame, Lone Dog, Major Bush, Mato Sapa, Swan, American Horse, Cloud Shield, Good, White Cow Killer] refer to this meteoric display (Mallery 1886:116). The Swan and Major Bush counts are the only to note that this fantastic occurrence frightened people. … Visit
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6. Additional (1833-1834) Winter Count Keeper images of the meteor shower
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Winter Count: Swan (1833 – 1834)
Dakotas witnessed magnificent meteoric
showers; much terrified.
Additional ( ) Winter Count Keeper images of the meteor shower
Rosebud
Notes: ...All the winter counts [Flame, Lone Dog, Major Bush, Mato Sapa, Swan, American Horse, Cloud Shield, Good, White Cow Killer] refer to this meteoric display (Mallery 1886:116). The Swan and Major Bush counts are the only to note that this fantastic occurrence frightened people. … Visit
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Swan
American Horse
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7. Winter Count: Long Soldier (1825 – 1826)
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Winter Count: Long Soldier (1825 – 1826)
Year that ice broke causing flood
and nearly half of camp drowned.
Notes: Many other calendars mark this same event; see American Horse, Rosebud, Cloud Shield, Good, Flame, Lone Dog, Major Bush, No Ears, Swan, and White Cow Killer who calls it "Great-flood-and-many-Indians-drowned winter" (Corbusier 1886:137-38).Visit
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8. Winter Count: American Horse (1799 - 1800)
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Winter Count: American Horse ( )
The Good-White-Man returned
and gave guns to the Dakotas.
Notes: The circle of marks represents the people sitting around him, the flint lock musket the guns. White Cow Killer says, "The-Good-White-Man-came winter" (Corbusier 1886:134). See Rosebud ( or ), Cloud Shield ( ), Flame ( ), Good ( ), No Ears ( ) and
White Cow Killer ( ). ?
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9. Winter Count: Cloud Shield (1778 – 1779)
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Winter Count: Cloud Shield (1778 – 1779)
Many of their horses were killed. ?
Many of their horses were killed, but by whom is not known (Corbusier 1886:131). American Horse recorded this event
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10. Winter Count: Cloud Shield (1807 – 1808)
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Winter Count: Cloud Shield (1807 – 1808)
Many people camped together
and had many flags flying. ?
Notes: This may mark the time when the Lewis and Clark Expedition came
through Lakota Territory; see
American Horse Visit
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11. Winter Count: Long Soldier (1837 – 1838)
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Winter Count: Long Soldier (1837 – 1838)
Small pox year. ?
Notes: See Rosebud for this year. Visit
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12. Winter Count: Lone Dog (1845 – 1846)
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Winter Count: Lone Dog (1845 – 1846)
Plenty of buffalo meat, which is represented
as hung upon poles and trees to dry. ?
Notes: This device has become the conventional sign for plenty and frequently appears in the several charts (Mallery 1893:282). There are actually two devices that Lakotas used to indicate successful hunts and plenty of meat; one is this image of strips of meat on a drying rack, and the other… Visit
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13. Winter Counts (a closer look) - PowerPoint
Content provided by:
Smithsonian: Natural Museum of Natural History
Lakota Winter Counts -An Online Exhibit-
Lesson and PowerPoint provided by:
South Dakota Office of Indian Education
& South Dakota Public Broadcasting
The Lone Dog Winter Count
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