snow snake
Top: Snow snake photograph by Robin Nelson (2015) Left: Reference needed Right: Manataka American Indian Council. Sosemanuk (Snow Snake)
Dakota people often made their snow snakes out of buffalo rib bones. The player would throw the snake underhand through the snow. The snake that traveled the farthest won the game.
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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