For generations, Plains Indians drew pictographs to document their daily experiences. The Lakota term for winter count is waniyetu wowapi. The word Wowapi translates as “anything that can be read or counted.” Waniyetu is the Lakota word for year, which is measured from first snow to first snow.

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The war club: There are many types of clubs, hatchets, and tomahawks used across the Americas. On the Plains, we developed a particular style of stone club

My Grandfather, John Henry Jamison was the son of John and Hanna Jane Jamison. He was born in Rye Colorado. He came to Kansas in 1907. On June 4, 1908, he married my grandmother, Lettie Mae Smith. Seven children came to this union. My father, Charles, was the youngest. They settled in Kinsley, Kansas He was a...

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Children. Jemez Pueblo. Zuni.

Today for Indigenous heritage month I wanted to write about Ptecincala Ska Wakan Winan, commonly called White Buffalo Calf Woman, a sacred woman in Lakota spirituality. During a time of famine, a L…