August 2009 Lunar Cycle
8/5 (8:55 p.m. EDT) Full Moon
8/13 (2:55 p.m. EDT) Waning Quarter Moon
8/20 (6:02 a.m. EDT) New Moon
8/27 (7:42 a.m. EDT) Waxing Quarter Moon
AUGUST MOON NAMES
ABENAKI TRIBE ~ Temezôwas = Cutter Moon
AGONQUIN TRIBE ~ MICHEENEE KESOS = WHEN INDIAN CORN'S EDIBLE
ANISHNAABE (CHIPPEWA, OJIBWE) TRIBES ~ Miini-giizis = BERRY MOON
NORTHERN ARAPAHO Tribe ~ GEESE SHEDDING THEIR FEATHERS
ASSINIBOINE TRIBE ~ Capasapsaba = Black Cherries Moon
CHEROKEE TRIBE ~ GALOHNI = END OF THE FRUIT OR DRYING UP MOON
EASTERN CHEROKEE TRIBE ~ nvda seluuwa`nûñ`sa = RIPE CORN MOON
EASTERN COMANCHE TRIBE ~ Tahma mua = Summer moon or Ukuiyuba mua = new Fall moon
CREE TRIBE ~ OPUNHOPIZUN = THE MOON YOUNG DUCKS BEGIN TO FLY
CREEK TRIBE ~ BIG RIPENING MOON or MUCH HEAT
HAIDI TRIBE ~ K’íit’aas Kungáay = Cedar bark for hat and baskets
HOPI TRIBE ~ PAAMUYA = Month of Joyful or TAALAPAMUYA = Month of Life at it's Height
INUIT TRIBE ~ Krugyuat tingiviat
KALAPUYA TRIBE ~ Akupiu = end of Summer
KERESAN TRIBE ~ y'aamuni daawaatra
KIOWA TRIBE ~ AIDENGUAK'O P'A = YELLOW LEAVES MOON
KUMEYAAY TRIBE ~ Halanitca
LAKOTA TRIBE ~ Wasutoa Wi = Moon of the ripening.
MOHAWK TRIBE ~ Seskehko:wa = time of freshness
MUSCOKEE (CREEK) TRIBE ~ Hiyo-rakko = Big Harvest
OSAGE TRIBE ~ YELLOW FLOWER MOON
PASSAMAQUODDY TRIBE ~ Apsqe = feather shedding moon
PONCA TRIBE ~ CORN IS IN THE SILK MOON
POTAWATOMI TRIBE ~ e'mnomukkises = month of the middle
SHAWNEE TRIBE ~ Po'kamawi kiishthwa = Plum Moon
CENTRAL SHOSHONI TRIBE ~ Guuteyai-mea' = hot moon
TUMPISA (PANAMINT) SHOSHONE TRIBE ~ woosuwim muattsi = 8th moon
SIOUX TRIBE ~ MOON WHEN THE GEESE SHED THEIR FEATHERS/CHERRIES TURN BLACK
TLINGIT TRIBE ~ Sha-ha-yi = Berries ripe on mountain
WISHRAM TRIBE ~ BLACKBERRY PATCHES MOON
YAQUI TRIBE ~ Awohto - Kau Meecha
YUCHI TRIBE ~ TSENEAGA = Dog Days
ZUNI TRIBE ~ Onan u'la'ukwamme
This Day in Native American History...
1789: Juan de Ugalde is Commanding General of all Spanish forces in Coahuila, Nuevo León, Nuevo Santander, and Texas. He starts a major expedition against the Apache.
1789: An "Act Providing for the Expences Which May Attend Negotiations or Treaties with the Indian Tribes, and the Appointment of Commissioners for Managing the Same" is approved by the United States.
8/20: Birth of the White Buffalo (1994), signaling the return of White Buffalo Woman (manifestation of Star Goddess Wohpe) who gave the sacred peace pipe to the Lakota people. [Lakota rites include smoking the sacred pipe, purification in the sweat lodge, and making a vision quest for wisdom.]
PowWows and Gatherings This Week:
7th Annual Yakama Legends Casino Pow Wow 580 Fort Road Toppenish, WA 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
Mawio'mi Whispering Pines Traditional Powwow Hiawatha National Forest Rapid River, MI 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
Wis Dells Neesh-la Pow-wow 2009 S3214 Highway 12 Wisconsin Dells, WI 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
George Gordon First Nation Pow Wow Punnichy, Sas 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
Kanehsatake Powwow 2009 681a Ste Philomene Kanesatake, Quebec 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
Kanehsatake Powwow 2009 681a Ste Philomene Kanesatake, Quebec 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
iicot Pow-wow of Champions 11524 S. Elwood Ave Jenks, OK 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri 1324 US. Hwy 75 Powhattan, KS 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
Sauk-Suiattle Pow-Wow Darrington Bluegrass Grounds Hwy 530 darrington, WA 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
HONOR THE BUFFALO NATIVE AMERICAN GATHER airport road leitchfield, KY 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
Central Navajo Fair Pow Wow Pinon Community Scho, AZ 08/21/2009 - 08/22/2009 CANCELED
Red Lake Nation Fair Celebration 1889 PowWow Drive Red Lake, MN 08/21/2009 - 08/23/2009
24th Annual Central Navajo Fair Pow Wow Pinon Community School Gym Pinon, AZ 08/21/2009 - 08/22/2009
2nd Great Northern Moose Pow-wow 1442 NH Route 16 Dummer, NH 08/22/2009 - 08/23/2009
Seaside Festival and Powwow Route 127 Gloucester, MA 08/22/2009 - 08/23/2009
5th Annual Turtle Island Pow Wow Babe Howard Blvd Millington, TN 08/22/2009 - 08/23/2009
Region of the Moundbuilders Powwow 170 Evertt Park Newark, OH 08/22/2009 - 08/23/2009
7th Annual Region of the Moundbuilders Everett Park, 170 Everett Avenue Newark, OH 08/22/2009 - 08/23/2009
53 Annual O-Sa-Wan Pow-Wow 8791 IL Route 76 Belvidere, IL 08/22/2009 - 08/23/2009
The White Eagle Pow Wow 11407 NW Jester Park Drive Granger, , IA 08/23/2009 - 08/24/2009
For More details on these PowWows check out http://www.powwows.com/calendar/
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