e'démnëké gizes (MI)

e'démnëké gizes (MI)
May strawberry picking moon (MI)
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Potawatomi
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Joseph Bourassa Months
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durring this time is when the strawberries are ripe to pick

 

this list of months is from Joseph Bourassa in 1843 (he was a Potawatomi that was a student at Carey Mission in Niles, (MI)) the months differ from community to community, everything is based from what the weather is allowing to happen in each month. There are 13 full moons in a calendar year, we count each month as a full moon cycle.