Wajaje Lakota wintercount

[Dietmar]

There is an excellent article about a Wajaje wintercount by Mike Cowdrey in the newest Tribal Art Magazine, issue 7, Autumn 2015 XIX-3:






www.tribalartmagazine.com


I will post more details soon...

[Dietmar]

The article is available online here:

mag.tribalartmagazine.com/T77EN/index.html#/130/

[grahamew]

Really good article. Got my copy today. Beautifully produced periodical.

Here's a photo that was taken around the same time as the Bratley photo pf the Wajaje men in the article and features some of the same faces:

Left to right: Pulls the Arrow Out, Sleeping Bear and Turning Eagle, 1897. South Dakota. Photo by Jesse H. Bratley. No entirely sure that the man identified as One Wood in the article isn't the man identified as Sleeping Bear above.

There's a good collection of Bratley photos here (though you'll have to put up with the 19th century labelling):

dmns.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/view/all/who/Jesse+H.+Bratley/what/Jesse+Hastings+Bratley/?os=0

[gregor]

This Lakota winter count on muslin was discovered in 1989 after it was stored in a trunk for years in Ontario. Owner was the Anderson Family, who lived for years on the Rosebud Reservation.

www.dailybulletin.com/general-news/20150119/priceless-indian-history-artifact-found-in-trunk

Mike Cowdrey is also mentioned in the article. Is this the same winter count as mentioned above?

[kingsleybray]

No they're two different winter counts, though Cowdrey points out their close relationships. The Anderson, or Rosebud winter count has been published in this publication:

www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/product/Year-the-Stars-Fell,671915.aspx

[gregor]

Kingsley,

thanks for the Information.
And a happy new year!

Greetings from Germany
Gregor

[dontalkingbear]

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