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The Lakota Winter Count
This presentation explores the Lakota winter count.
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Winter Count
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Making inferences about images
- When we begin to look at images it is hard not to wonder what they mean.
- The process of trying to understand the meaning behind images is called interpretation.
- We often begin the process of interpretation by making inferences.
- Use your inference guide to discover what you already know about the images that you are seeing.
- What information can you draw from the image based on your past learning?
Winter Count
Artist: Artist Unknown (Lakota)
Date: 20th century
Medium: Drawings and Watercolors, Drawing
Size: 26 1/4 x 67 1/8 in. (66.68 x 170.5 cm)
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Accession #: 2002.163
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Lakota Winter Count
- Click on the audio.
- Return to the previous slide to see the work described.
- How did your interpretations match up?
- What did you know just by inferring?
Artist: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Date: 2008
Medium: commentary
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Examine Winter Counts Yourself
Lakota Winter Count Examples
Follow the link to explore the Smithsonian's exhibit on Lakota Winter Counts. Remeber use your guide sheet to collect information as you go! Good luck!
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Watch the following video and answer the corresponding (matching) questions on your research guide. (hint: use the slide number)
Lakota Winter Counts
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Three Lakota Girls in Their Dancing Dress
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Key Ideas
- The Lakota people used images to record the passage of time.
- Winter counts record a variety of memorable events.
- The events were more important than the pictures used to record them.
- Winter counts keep the past alive for those that keep them.
Man's Jacket
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Suitcase
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Anthropology: We're Not Your Indians Anymore
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Anthropology: We're Not Your Indians Anymore, Lakota
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Minnesota Nice Oyakepelo, “They Say Minnesota Nice”
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Minnesota Nice Oyakepelo, "They Say Minnesota Nice" by the Lakota Culture
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1913 Spring/Summer 1913-Giving Away His Suit
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Lakota Winter Count
Artist: Jennifer Tone-Pah-Hote
Date: Summer 2004
Medium: article
Institution: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
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Contemporary Lakota Art
Look at the following examples of contemporary Lakota art. Chose one to write about. (see question 17)
