winter counts

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Scope note
Pictorial records of events kept by Lakota and other Plains Native tribes, usually on a yearly cycle. Primarily painted on buffalo hides. Some of the earliest winter counts date from the 1600s.
winter counts
Accepted term: 25-Nov-2024