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— JIP | Talk 20:10, 2 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I have recently been using the term "counting coup" to describe the bureaucractic practice of "counting numbers" versus "giving services".
Can a coup stick be acoustic? :-) *Dan T.* 19:12, 1 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]
This article could really use a photo or illustration of a coup stick. Dlabtot (talk) 19:52, 1 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]
What's the origin of the term? IIRC, it's French (per coup, duh...). TREKphiler any time you're ready, Uhura 09:17, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Several paragraphs of this article are identical to paragraphs here: [1] I'm hesitant to tag this article though because these days it's hard to tell where the text originated, Wikipedia or another site. 68.146.52.234 (talk) 20:59, 26 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Greetings:
Some years ago, I read 4-5 books about the Iroquois Confederacy, Joseph Brant, Molly Brant, and William Johnson. Somewhere in at least one of the books was written that the nations of the Iroquois Confederacy used the practice of counting coup to smooth over anger within a group. If someone was accidently killed somehow (not in a battle), the person responsible would transfer goods to the victim's family by way of compensation. It seems analogous to winning a wrongful death court case today and being awarded a large settlement.
Am I remembering this fairly well? It was definitely about the Iroquois. The information I see so far, net-wise, involves plains warriors and battle behavior between plains nations, not within groups.
[Also, was scalping (which the nations of the Iroquois practiced) some type of counting coup?]
Thank you for your time, Wordreader (talk) 21:22, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]