Buffalo
Winter Counts
OCETI SAKOWIN
Star Knowledge
LAKOTA LANGUAGE
100

what part of Buffalo was used to carry water?

bladder

100

what was winter counts painted on?

buffalo hide

100

who is oldest oyate?

Mdewakantowan

100

where ta pun sa win fell?

Phe sla

100

Tatanka/Pte

buffalo

200

what was used to make fires?

dried dung chips

200

how was 1 year determined on a winter count?

first snow to the next first snow

200

who is youngest oyate?

titowan or lakota

200

where our spirit goes when we pass away

wanagi ta chanku milky way

big dipper


200

tasunka

horse

300

what was used to make tipis?

hide
300

what were symbols called on the winter count?

pictograph or pictoglyph?

300

how many oyates are there?

7

300

who saved the 7 little girls from the bears at mato tipila?

wichahpi hinhpaya

300
grandmother

unci or Kunsi

400

what was used as a cup?

horns

400

what was the funny name for the elders that decided what events to be painted on the winter count?

Big bellies
400

how many Dakota oyates are there?

4

400

7 little sisters are the head of which constellations

Tayamni

400

hinhanni waste 

good morning

500

What was used to make bowstrings and beadwork/quillwork?

Sinew/Tendons
500

where did the paint come from for the winter counts?

plant dyes

500

How many Nakota oyates are there?

500

any time Wi gets close to hanwi what happens

Hanwi covers her face

500

tanyan yagli

im glad you came