2.17+Winter+Count

** Winter Count ** ** Due: Tuesday January 13, 2015 ** ** Mr. Voss **
 * What is it: **
 * Winter counts are histories or calendars in which events are recorded by pictures, with one picture for each year. The Lakota call them waniyetu wowapi. Waniyetu is the word for year, which is measured from first snowfall to first snowfall. It is often translated as "a winter." Wowapi means anything that is marked on a flat surface and can be read or counted, such as a book, a letter, or a drawing. Winter counts are physical records that were used along with a more extensive oral history. Each year was named for an event and the pictures referring to the year names served as a reference source that could be consulted regarding the order of the years. People knew the name of the year in which other important events occurred, and could place these in time by referring to the winter count. The events used to name the years were not necessarily the most important things that happened but ones that were memorable and widely known within the community. **
 * Assignment: **
 * Create your own “Winter Count”. Using resources like the internet, your parents, and your own memory, create a Winter Count that outlines the years that you have been alive. You need to have one picture that represents a large or significant event that has happened for every year that you have been alive. Place the pictures in a circular pattern winding outward starting with the first year in the center and winding outward until you reach the current year. **
 * The final product: **
 * ** Winter Counts were placed on animal skins. Cut paper to make it look like animal skin. See the above picture for an example. **
 * ** Your name and birth date listed on the back of the Winter Count **
 * ** One picture for every year you have been alive in a circular pattern as the picture below shows. Winter Counts did include color. **
 * ** A list on the back side of what each picture represents **