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Winter Counts

Posted on January 18, 2025 by Caryn

Winter counts, known to the Lakota Sioux as waníyetu wówapi or waníyetu iyáwapi, are pictorial calendars, but not in the traditional sense. For the Native Americans, they were really more a historical record of each year, as it went along. … Continue reading →

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The Battle Of Platte Bridge Station

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Caryn

I don’t always think of myself as living in a historic area, although I should, because during the days of the Old West, at least, much history happened here. In fact, on this day, July 28, 1865, twenty year old … Continue reading →

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