The year the stars fell : Lakota winter counts at the Smithsonian / edited by Candace S. Greene and Russell Thornton.

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Publication InfoWashington D.C. : Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History : Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian ; Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2007.
Descriptionxii, 347 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 27 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
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Other author/creatorGreene, Candace S.
Other author/creatorThornton, Russell, 1942-
Other author/creatorNational Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Other author/creatorNational Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [323]-329) and index.
LCCN 2006024419
ISBN9780803222113 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0803222114 (cloth : alk. paper)

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