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9:13

Moon When Frog Talks

12:22

Moon of the Sacred Time

7:59

Moon to Put Your Paddles Away

13:36

Moon of the Dog Salmon

17:28

Moon of the Falling Leaves

11:26

Moon of the Whistling Robins

This moon signals the actual music of springtime with the songs of frogs and birds, especially robins. Shellfish harvests and drying continues. Many plants shoots are ready for harvest, like salmonberry and thimbleberry. Wild spring greens such as miner’s lettuce, violet flowers, nettles, and wood sorrel are ready to enjoy. Spring Chinook begin to run in this moon, and halibut, lingcod and rockfish are fished.

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9:13

Moon of the Windy Time

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The Moon of late January/February is Moon of the Windy Time. Chinook salmon, or kings, are fished year-round. Sea-run cutthroat trout and steelhead are fished during winter moons; duck, geese, elk and deer continue to be hunted; tool making and basket and weaving happen. Ironwood is used to make long needles for sewing cattail mats.

12:22

Moon When Frog Talks

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Late February and March is Moon When Frog Talks, signaling the coming of spring. Smelt and herring harvests along with ducks and snow geese are hunted and valued for their grease. This moon traditionally signals halibut fishing for the next several moons, but rough seas keep many focused on elk and deer hunting. Sitka, red cedar, and Oregon grape roots are dug. Horsetail shoots, cattail roots, ...

7:59

Moon of the Sacred Time

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Late December and January mark the Moon of the Sacred Time. This moon is the final moon of one yearly cycle and the beginning moon of the next yearly cycle. Renewal and rebirth are marked by spiritual and cultural traditions around the longhouse fires. Feeding the Spirit with Larry Campbell and cedar rose weaving with Anna Cook. Grandmother Cedar story animation.

13:36

Moon to Put Your Paddles Away

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This moon signals the time to move indoors for the coming winter season. Winter moons are the time to focus on making tools, baskets, and medicine of the trees. Listen to Valerie Segrest share the story of the Tree People. Winter low tides provide shellfish gathering while hunting for game and waterfowl as well as fishing for sea-run cutthroat trout, black mouth salmon, and steelhead continues.

17:28

Moon of the Dog Salmon

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Most of November is Moon of the Dog Salmon. Salmon continue to be fished until the end of this moon. Low tides allow for good shellfish harvests. Hunting for waterfowl and game continues. Learn to fillet and can salmon with elders. Listen to the animated story of how salmon got its big nose.

11:26

Moon of the Falling Leaves

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Much of October is Moon of the Falling Leaves. This moon sees the end of harvest of most wild plants and seeds, as well as Madrone bark and berries for tea. Wild bird hunting season begins for geese and ducks, hunting for big game continues. Hear the Swinomish story of The Boy and the Magic Robe.

8:29

Moon of the Elk Mating Cry

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Late September early October is Moon of Elk Mating Cry. All five runs of salmon are fished in this moon. Hunting for big game like elk and deer begins. Wild plants like rose hips and cattail roots continue to be harvested in this moon. Hear the story of Bully Elk.

14:01

Moon of the Silver Salmon

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Much of September is Moon of the Silver Salmon. Learn how to fillet, can, and make salmon roe into caviar! During this moon, seeds are collected and stored. Cattail, nettle, and fireweed stalks are collected for cordage and weaving. Soap berries are also collected and made into Indian ice cream during this moon. Listen to the story of the Maiden of Deception Pass.

7:35

Moon of the Salal Berry

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Much of August is the Moon of the Salal Berry. Learn how to make pemmican and fruit leather with salal berry in the San Juan Islands. Many kinds of berries continue to be harvested during this moon, including currants, serviceberry, mountain huckleberry, and native trailing blackberry. The Salmon People beach sein at Lone Tree Point.

4:39

Moon of the Blackberry

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Much of July is the Moon of the Blackberry. Learn how to identify different types of blackberries and their medicinal uses. Many berries ripen during this moon, including red huckleberries, gooseberries, and strawberries. Moon of Blackberry is a busy time of harvesting and preserving foods such as jams. Often the sap of cedar trees stops running, signaling cedar bark harvest time. Sockeye salmo...

4:41

Moon of the Salmonberry

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Much of June is the Moon of Salmonberry. Salmonberry is one of the first summer berries in Coast Salish territory and is an indicator plant - lots of salmonberries indicates good salmon runs. Listen to the story of Salmonberry Bird and Raven.

7:05

Moon of the Digging Time

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Much of May is the Moon of the Digging Time. Camas, a traditional food, needs to be dug and cultivated to thrive. Learn the story of camas and how to cook it.

Swinomish Community Visits a Clam Garden

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Swinomish Community Visits a Clam Garden

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Swinomish community members visited a clam garden in British Columbia during the summer of 2019. Clam gardens are an ancient Indigenous technology of carefully tended terraced beaches that increase clam productivity. Watch this video to learn more about clam gardens and why they are so important to Indigenous people.