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Winyan Ohitika (Makhta)

Posted on December 16, 2020September 17, 2022 by Allison

United States

Sioux warrior who counted coup to avenge her brothers, who had been killed in battle. Counting coup is a way of gaining prestige against an enemy, not by killing them, but by touching them with a coup-stick and escaping unharmed.

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Posted in Legend, Myths and Folktales.
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