Months
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January
(causes cold weather):
áísstoyiimsstaa
(we have a
high pile of discarded ashes)
isspssáísskitsimao'p
(Old
Moon)
ómahksíki'somm
February:
(Eagle Moon):
píítaiáí
(Decieving
Moon, variable weather)
saómmitsiki'somm
March:
(duck moon) sa'aiki'somm
April:
(Frog moon)
matsiyíkkapisaii'somm
May
(Flower / Blossom Month)
aapistsísskitsaato's
June:
(When the long rains come)
ito'tsisamssootaa
(Summer Month)
niipiaato's
(When Birds
fly : North Peigan)
otsítsipottaatpi
pi'kssiiksi
(When birds lay their eggs)
pi'kssííksi
otsitaowayiihpiaawa
July:
(Summer Big Holy Day Month)
niipóómahkátoyiiksistsikaa
to's
August:
(When we prepare food for storage)
iitáyiitsimaahkao'p
(When choke berries ripen)
pákkii'pistsi otsíai'tssp
September:
(Deer Moon)
áwákaasiiki'somm
(When cherries are mushy)
iitáípa'ksiksini'kayi
pa'kki'pistsi
(When leaves change color)
iitáómatapapittssko
October:
(Fall month)
mo'kááto's
(when ducks leave)
sa'áiksi itáómatooyi
November:
(When one gathers wood)
iitáóhkohtao'p
(When cold weather arrives)
iitáó'tsstoyi
(When all the rivers freeze)
iitáóhkanaikokotoyi
niítahtaistsi
December:
(Cold month)
isstááato's
(Long night month)
misámiko'komiaato's
(Big holy month)
omahkátoyiiki'sommiatto's
(Big Holy day: Christmas)
omahkátoyiiksistsiko
*Information from Donald G. Frantz
and Norma Jean Russell's Blackfoot
Dictionary of Stems, Roots, and Affixes,
Second Edition
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