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The year the stars fell : Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian

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The year the stars fell : Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian / edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton.
Publication
Washington D.C. : Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History : Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
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  • Greene, Candace S.
  • Thornton, Russell, 1942-
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
Description
xii, 347 p. : ill. (some col.), map; 27 cm.
Subject
  • Dakota astronomy
  • Dakota calendar
  • Dakota art
  • Picture-writing > Great Plains
  • Winter > Great Plains > Folklore
Bibliography (note)
  • 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.
Call Number
JGF 07-103
ISBN
  • 9780803222113 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0803222114 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006024419
OCLC
70839696
Title
The year the stars fell : Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian / edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton.
Imprint
Washington D.C. : Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History : Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2007.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index.
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Contributor biographical information
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Greene, Candace S.
Thornton, Russell, 1942-
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
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JGF 07-103
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