Lone Dogs Winter Count, Lakota Dakota Lesson with Supplements, Grades 4-8 This is an exceptionally presented and well written Lesson and Teacher Guide with all supplemental content, for grades 4-8, covering Lakota Winter Counts, from the Smithsonian Museum. Lakota winter counts — pictographic calendars of a community’s history—provide a unique look into the history of the Lakota Sioux people during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Unlike historical accounts recorded by European settlers and explorers, winter counts represent a rich Lakota tradition of oral history and storytelling. Community historians, known as winter count keepers, maintained and used these pictographic records as mnemonic devices to remember the sequence of events that marked each year. By referring to the winter count, members of a Lakota community could mark events in their own lives.

1. Lone Dogs Winter Count, Lakota Dakota Lesson with
Supplements, Grades 4-8
September 22, 2021
Lone Dogs Winter Count, Lakota Dakota Lesson with Supplements, Grades 4-8
This is an exceptionally presented and well written Lesson and Teacher Guide with all supplemental
content, for grades 4-8, covering Lakota Winter Counts, from the Smithsonian Museum.
Lakota winter counts — pictographic calendars of a community’s history—provide a unique look into
the history of the Lakota Sioux people during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Unlike historical
accounts recorded by European settlers and explorers, winter counts represent a rich Lakota tradition of
oral history and storytelling. Community historians, known as winter count keepers, maintained and
used these pictographic records as mnemonic devices to remember the sequence of events that marked
each year. By referring to the winter count, members of a Lakota community could mark events in their
own lives. From the Teacher Guide:
This resource is dedicated to giving both Lakota and non-Lakota audiences access to the
Smithsonian’s extensive collection of winter counts. Many teachers in the U.S. and Canada
are already using winter counts as focal points for lesson plans in math, history and social
studies. By creating this on-line database of winter count entries collected from ten winter
counts and including supporting educational material, we hope that more educators will
use these primary sources in the classroom.
This lesson and teacher guide on Lakota winter counts was created to facilitate the incorporation of
Lakota winter counts into your primary and middle school curriculum. Again, all supporting materials
are included here, providing relevant background information, visual material, topic suggestions,
sample lesson plans and resource lists. I hope this format works for both in-school and homeschool
environments
Lone Dogs Winter Count Lesson, Grades 4-8 (pdf)
Lone Dogs Winter Count Teacher Guide, Grades 4-8 (pdf)
Supporting and Supplement Material (pdf unless indicated):
• Among the Sioux, A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas
• Among the Sioux, A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas.epub
• Fort Peck and Sioux Tribal History
• Glossary of Lakota Winter Counts
• In Camp among the Sioux, Lakota Texts by Alice Fletcher
• Introduction to Dakota Culture and History
• Lakota Sioux – Indian Dance Theater Cue Sheet
• Map of the Great Sioux Reservation (1868-1889), Black & White
• Map of the Great Sioux Reservation (1868-1889), Color
• Peoples of the Great Plains
• Rosebud Sioux Wacipi Image
• Sioux Indians Hunting Painting
• The Winter Counts with pictures

2. • The Year The Stars Fell 1833, Lone Dog Winter Count.mp4 video
• US vs Sioux Nation Court Case Excerpt
• What Are Winter Counts, Interviews.mp4 video
• Who Are the Lakota, Historical Overview.mp4 video
• What Are Winter Counts Overview
• Who Are The Lakota
• Winter Count by Thomas Red Owl Haukaas
Lone Dog’s Winter Count Lakota Graphics (jpg format):
• Americans Horse picture
• Battiste Good picture
• Big Missouri Wintercount on cloth
• Cloud Shield picture
• Flame picture
• Lone Dog picture
• Long Soldier
• Rosebud picture
• Swan picture
• The Year The Stars Fell 1833, Lone Dog Winter Count
• Thin Elk’s Winter Count 1
• Thin Elk’s Winter Count 2
• Unattributed Winter Count
Lone Dog picture

3. Long Soldier
The Year The Stars Fell 1833, Lone Dog Winter Count

4. Battiste Good picture
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