Tlingit Moon & Tide - Alaska Native Knowledge Network - University ...
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<strong>Tlingit</strong> <strong>Moon</strong>s (Kake)<br />
Haida <strong>Moon</strong>s<br />
Julian Months<br />
Xaat Dís<br />
Salmon moon<br />
Gáangálang Kungáay<br />
Ripe berries<br />
July—After the Roman emperor<br />
Julius Caesar.<br />
Sha-ha-yi Dís<br />
Berries ripe on mountain<br />
Chíin Kungáay<br />
Salmon moon<br />
August—After the Roman emperor<br />
Augustus Caesar.<br />
Dis Yádi<br />
Young (animals) moon<br />
K’íit’aas Kungáay<br />
Cedar bark for hat and baskets<br />
September—From the Latin word<br />
“septem,” meaning “7th month,<br />
(although it is now the 9th month)<br />
28 • The <strong>Tlingit</strong> <strong>Moon</strong> and <strong>Tide</strong> Teaching Resource<br />
Dís Tlein<br />
Big moon<br />
Kálk Kungáay<br />
Ice moon<br />
October—From the Latin<br />
“octo,” meaning “eight.”<br />
Kukahaa Dís<br />
Scraping moon<br />
Cha’áaw Kungáay<br />
Bears hibernate<br />
November—From the Latin<br />
“nine” for the 9th month.<br />
Shanáx Dís<br />
Unborn seals are getting hair<br />
T’a’áaw Kungáay<br />
Snow moon<br />
December—From the Latin<br />
“decem,” meaning 10.<br />
*January 1 is when the Romans began **Cogo 1979 ***from Ruth Demmert, Kake<br />
their new fiscal year. March 25 was the<br />
first day of the new year.
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