A History Recalled, One Symbol at a Time

The Crux
By Stephen E. Nash
Dec 7, 2016 10:46 PMNov 20, 2019 3:25 AM
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The spiraling story of the Chief Martin White Horse Winter Count documents significant events in Lakota history each year from 1789 to 1910. (Credit: AC.7923/DMNS)

(This post originally appeared in the online anthropology magazine SAPIENS. Follow @SAPIENS_org on Twitter to discover more of their work.) 

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