Young Filmmaker Bicentennial Grant Film: Winter Count (1975 Original Colored Film)

*Young Filmmaker Bicentennial Grant Film: Winter Count* (1975) explores the traditional practice of the Oglala Sioux in recording their calendar histories on buffalo hides, known as "winter counts." Narrated by an elderly woman, the film provides insight into this pictorial storytelling method, which preserved significant historical events for generations.

Produced as part of the Bicentennial Grant program, the film highlights the cultural heritage of the Oglala Sioux and their unique way of chronicling history through art and symbolism.

Source: National Archives. *Young Filmmaker Bicentennial Grant Film: Winter Count, 1975*. [Video] Retrieved from the National Archives Catalog, https://catalog.archives.gov/id/55037