Winter Count: A Lakota history
A winter count is a record of history.
For generations, Plains Indians drew pictographs to document their daily experiences and to record time.
A historian appointed by the tribal community drew one pictograph on a buffalo or deer hide at the end of each winter season.
The pictograph represented a significant event that happened within that year.
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Ella Cara Deloria - Sioux culture
Ella Cara Deloria (1889-1971) was a well-known linguist, ethnologist, and novelist whose work is only recently being appreciated for its depth and volume of detail, as well as for its artistry.
Her contributions to the field of Native American ethnography is vast, encompassing translations of primary sources, linguistic texts on Sioux grammar, and even a Sioux-English dictionary.
These accomplishments earned her a reputation as the leading authority on Sioux culture by the 1940's.
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The Legend of Standing Rock
On the east side of Fort Yates, overlooking the Oahe Reservoir is the Standing Rock Monument from which the Standing Rock Agency derived its name.
According to legend, the stone is the petrifaction of the Arikara wife of a Dakota man with her child on her back.
The rock stands today in front of the Standing Rock Indian Agency in South Dakota.
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