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Lone Dog Winter Count

1821-‘22 Lone Dog (Nakota) pictograph showing a bright meteor falling to earth, educated observers on the upper Missouri noted scientific societies of the occurrence. 1822-1823 shows trading post built by a white man named Big Leggings near the Little Missouri or Bad River. 1823-‘24 Interpreter Clement said U.S. Soldiers first appeared in the region, a unnamed interpreter stated that U.S. forces accompanied by Dakota upon Arikara village. J. C. Calhoun Secretary of War report notes November 29, 1823 historic account.

The Flame Winter Count

The Flame was a member of the Two Kettle band depicts a fire ball falling from the sky in the first pictograph 1821-1822 (Red Cloud was born in that year). 1822-1823 he also depicts a Trading Post built near Fort Pierre Little Missouri. Third pictograph illustrates Whites and Dakota fighting the Arikaras 1823-1824.

Creating a pathway through Winter Count (Waniyetu Wówapi) & muslin painting
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A Pathway Through Winter Counts

A living archive of Waníyetu Wówapi — the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota tradition of recording history through pictographs on hide and muslin.


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Oíčazoowá

A Pathway Through Winter Counts

A living archive of Waníyetu Wówapi — the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota tradition of recording history through pictographs on hide and muslin.