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How History is transmitted. . With Ms. Faux. Europeans. Wrote their History down. . Some First Nations Groups. Drew Pictographs Note: We CAN NOT generalize First Nations people, each tribe or clan had their own way of doing things. . Winter Counts.
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How History is transmitted. With Ms. Faux
Europeans • Wrote their History down.
Some First Nations Groups • Drew Pictographs • Note: We CAN NOT generalize First Nations people, each tribe or clan had their own way of doing things.
Winter Counts • Winter counts are one way some First Nations groups wrote down and recorded the events that happened in their lives each winter. • http://wintercounts.si.edu/index.html • What are Winter counts? • View Winter counts
Importance of Winter Counts • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4zF5tIhkGg
Task • Create a Winter Count for your life. • 1 Symbol per year you have been alive starting in the middle of your buffalo hide and spiraling out counter clockwise. • Color the buffalo hide. • Write out a one or two sentence description of what your pictograph is and what it means to you.