The Year the Stars Fell

“The Year the Stars Fell” 11 x 30” Watercolor and Gouache on Paper The winter of 1833 – 34 was known to many Plains Indian Tribes as “The Year the Stars Fell”.  That year, the Leonid meteor storm was recorded in numerous Indian calendars, called winter counts.  A winter count was kept by various tribes, as a pictorial reminder of …

Resource Material

I love to research.  The seed of an idea is there, and additional art research adds the details for me.  Learning about Sioux Ledger art has been an adventure to me.  Growing up in the Black Hills, I was familiar with what it was, but the more I am comparing various ledgers from different tribes, the meaning grows. The written …