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Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Nebraska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xii, 347 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 27 cm.

Subject:

Dakota astronomy.
Dakota calendar.
Winter counts.
Dakota art.
Picture-writing--Great Plains.
Winter--Great Plains--Folklore.
Teton (Indiens)--Histoire.
Dakota (Indiens)--Histoire.
Calendrier dakota.
Écriture pictographique indienne d'Amérique.
Écriture pictographique--Grandes Plaines.
Art dakota.
Astronomie dakota.
Dakota (Indiens)--Folklore.

Other Authors:

Greene, Candace S.
Thornton, Russell, 1942-
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index.

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.

ISBN:

0803222114 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780803222113 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2006024419

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)