The Winter Count: Keeping History Alive in Pictographs | National Museum of the American Indian

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Classroom Material Lesson
Keywords
Nakota Nakota tribe Yanktonais Sioux nation Native Americans Plains Indians oral traditions oral culture mnemonics mnemonic systems pictographs pictogram pictographic symbols writing systems pictograph calendar time recording timekeeping Winter Count Lone Dog Native American history Indigenous Peoples First Nations
Subjects
History-Social Science
Grade Levels
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Post-Secondary
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The Winter Count: Keeping History Alive in Pictographs | National Museum of the American Indian

Students will explore the innovative oral and history-keeping traditions of the Nakota people, who created the Lone Dog Winter Count. Once they've learned about the tool, students will create a monthly pictograph calendar of their own, documenting a year of personal history.

 
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