The year the stars fell : Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian / edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: National Museum of Natural History (U.S.), National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
Other Authors: Greene, Candace S., Thornton, Russell, 1942-
Language:English
Published: Washington D.C. : Lincoln : Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History : Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian ; University of Nebraska Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Dakota astronomy.
Dakota calendar.
Dakota art.
Picture-writing > Great Plains.
Winter > Great Plains > Folklore.
Genre:
Folklore.
Physical Description:xii, 347 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Preface / by Candace S. Greene
  • Preface / by Russell Thornton
  • Waniyetu wówapi: an introduction to the Lakota winter count tradition / Christina E. Burke
  • Winter counts in the Smithsonian / Christina E. Burke
  • The Rosebud winter count: a recent discovery / Russell Thornton
  • Winter by winter / Christina E. Burke and Russell Thornton, assisted by Dakota Goodhouse
  • Calendars from other Plains tribes / Candace S. Greene
  • Afterword: Tasunko ota win waniyetu wówapi (Her Many Horses winter count) / Emil Her Many Horses.