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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">winter counts</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Plains Indian</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Bison bison</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>information artifacts by physical form</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>counting robe</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>counts, winter</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>winter count</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ 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. ]]></note></mads>