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      Wolf Moon                              Snow Moon                                Worm Moon                                Pink Moon                  

        Flower Moon       Strawberry Moon                 Buck Moon                        Sturgeon Moon                Corn Moon

         Harvest Moon                            Hunter's Moon                      Beaver Moon                          Cold Moon

Wolf Moon
(January) Hard Times Moon
Hunters track giant moose and white-tailed deer in the snowy woods. Most Algonquians in the northeast live in dome-shaped wigwams.

Snow Blinder Moon
(February) Snow Blinder Moon
The threat of starvation is a real risk. The harvest's stored grains, dried meat, and  smoked fish wll soon be gone. The hunters always gave thanks to the spirit that lived within the animal

Worm Moon
(March) Sap Moon
With great anticipation, the Algonquians wait for the sap to rise to rise in the trees.The sweetest sap come from the sugar maple. Algonquians learned to gather maple sap by watching gray squirrels gnaw the bark of maple trees and lick the juice that oozed from trees.

Pink Moon
(April) Spearfish Moon
Fish are plentiful again in rivers and lakes. On the river Mahicananituk, the Algonquians fish a river known as the Hudson River.

Flower Moon
(May) Planting Moon
The women and children plant seeds by dropping kernels of corn in carefully space hills of earth. Beans are planted next to kernels of corn so the bean plantwill grow upward on the cornstalk. Squashes are planted between the corn and beans.

Strawberry Moon
(June) Strawberry Moon
Algonquians love wild strawberries or"grassberries." The wild berries are harvested by old women and children. The "Little People" come at night to the strawberry patches at might to water them and turn them over with their hands.

Buck Moon
(July) Buck Moon
The time of ripening crops comes with frequent thunderstorms. Women pull weeds and children chase away many birds eager to eat the crops of spring.
The smoked leaf of the tobacco plant is important to the men of the tribe.The rising smoke from a pipe is evidence of the Algonquians desire to contact the spirits above.

Sturgeon Moon
(August) Green Corn Moon/Harvest Moon
The ripened corn is ready to eat. It is picked by everyone. Algonquian children make their own corn-husk dolls. Games are a favorite pastiime, especially the game of lacrosse. Skinmaking for clothes is al impostant as winter approaches. They aresmoked at a smudge fire. Smoking will help the skins last a long time.

Corn Moon
(September) Green Corn Moon/Harvest Moon
Algonquians hold celebration to give thanks to the spirits and to the Creator for a good harvest. Hunters must also prepare to track game during the coming winter. Algonguian families are always generous, sharing food with anyone who comes by.

Harvest Moon
(September) Harvest Moon
Any surplus of dried corn is stored snugly in baskets, placed in cellars lined with birch bark. The las ripened vegetables hung to dry, the meat cut into thin strips and smoked. Fish is hung over slow-burning, smoky fires.

Hunter's Moon
(October) Hunter's Moon
The animal's hide will be used for clothing, its bones and antlers for tools. Bears are a good source if meat and fur. Wolves, foxes, and wildcats are also hunted-not for food, but for the warm skins

Beaver Moon
(November) Beaver Moon
November is cloudy and cold. Winter's teeth begin to show as ponds, bogs, swamps, and lake freeze over. Beavers spend the winter snug in their lodges. Beaver tail, cooked in bear grease, is a delicacy served at Algonquin feasts.

Cold Moon
(December) Tomcod Moon
In January, the Mimac Algonquin hunt seal,in March they fish for smelt, in April they hunt the returning geese. September is eel-hunting time while in October they seek out beaver and elk. The month of December brings the annual fishing for tomcod.

Snow moon hears cracks and pops
frost giants clubbing trees