Menominee Moons

Anāmaehkatwan-kēsoq - Shaking Hands Moon or January

Namāēpen-kēsoq - Fish Moon or February

Wanāēw-kēsoq - Crusted Snow Moon or March

Sūpomāhkwan-kēsoq - Sugar Making Moon or April

Pāhkwan-kēsoq - Budding Moon or May

Atāēhemen-kēsoq - Strawberry Moon or June

āpaehtaw-nēpen-kēsoq - Half-summer Moon or July

Mēn-kēsoq - Blueberry Moon or August

Pawāhān-kēsoq - Wild Rice Gathering Moon or September

Penīpīmakat-kēsoq - Leaf-Shedding Moon or October

Pāhkatāhkamek-kēsoq - Freezing Moon or November

Nīpātepaeh-kēsoq - Night Moon or December


Wallace Pyawasit, Margaret Richmond, Merceline Sanapaw, Irene Mack, Ken Miner. OMAEQNOMENEW-KIKETWANAN: AN ENGLISH-MENOMINEE AND MENOMINEE-ENGLISH WORD LIST. March 1975, Wisconsin Native American Languages Project

Feather Chronicles: March, 2008