DAKOTA WINTER count
Shunka Ishnala (Lone Dog), Yanktonai. About 1870. National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution. Photo by Janine Sarna Jones.
Long ago, the Dakota did not have a written language. However, they had a very clever way to remember their history. They would keep a winter count.
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1 Essential Question
2 Learning Goal
3 Vocabulary Words
4 Winter Count – Definition
5 Winter Count – Explanation
6 Winter Count – Historian Image
7 Winter Count – Explanation of Winter Count images
8 Story Telling
9 Story Telling – Intro to Turtle Story
10 Toys
11 Games – Lacrosse Image
12 Games – Hoop and Arrow
13 Games – Games of Chance and Skill
14 Video – Explaining Traditional Games; Plum Stone Game; Deer Toe Bone Game; Double Ball Game
15 Snow Snake Game
16 Essential Question Review
17 Learning Goal Review
18 Extension of Learning
1 Essential Question
2 Learning Goal
3 Vocabulary Words
4 Winter Count – Definition
5 Winter Count – Explanation
6 Winter Count – Historian Image
7 Winter Count – Explanation of Winter Count images
8 Story Telling
9 Story Telling – Intro to Turtle Story
10 Toys
11 Games – Lacrosse Image
12 Games – Hoop and Arrow
13 Games – Games of Chance and Skill
14 Video – Explaining Traditional Games; Plum Stone Game; Deer Toe Bone Game; Double Ball Game
15 Snow Snake Game
16 Essential Question Review
17 Learning Goal Review
18 Extension of Learning