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The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian
The Year the Stars Fell Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian
Winter counts?pictorial calendars by which Plains Indians kept track of their past?marked each year with a picture of a memorable event. The Lakota, or Western Sioux, recorded many different events in their winter counts, but all include ?the year the stars fell,? the spectacular Leonid meteor shower of 1833?34. This volume is an unprecedented a...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780803222113
ISBN-10: 0803222114
Publication Date: 6/1/2007
Pages: 377
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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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