Counting coup
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Among the Plains Indians of North America, counting coup is the warrior tradition of winning prestige against an enemy in battle. It is one of the traditional ways of showing bravery in the face of an
Ledger drawing of a mounted Cheyenne warrior counting coup with lance on a dismounted Crow warrior, 1880s.
Blackfoot Confederacy
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The Blackfoot Confederacy, Niitsítapi, or Siksikáí'tsitapi, is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up the Blackfoot or Blackfeet people: the Siksika, the Kainai or B
Counting coup
…in a coup stick. Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest traditionally tied an eagle feather to their coup sticks for each coup counted. Among the Blackfoot nation of the upper Missouri River Valley, coup was recorded by the placement of "coup bars" on the sleeves and shoulders of special shirts bearing…
Flag of the Blackfoot Confederacy
Six chiefs of the Blackfoot Confederacy in 1859
Blackfoot Bear Bull
Chief Aatsista-Mahkan, c.1905.