Thirteen Moons and the Turtle

In Anishinaabe culture, we are taught that a piece of mother earth was put on the turtle's back after the great flood. Nanabozho saw that the back of the turtle had thirteen sections, which he compared to the thirteen moons of the year. These thirteen moons are now known as months and only twelve are recognized on a calendar. The full story of the "Turtle and the 13 Moons" is featured on the new CD-ROM, Anishinaabemdaa.

There are threefull screen panoramas (QuickTime format) featured below for October, January and March. When you click on the links below, a new page will open to play the full screen panorama with sound. The image will automatically rotate as the sound plays. You can also click and hold down the left mouse button to move around inside the image in any direction, including up and down.

If you do not have QuickTime installed on your computer you can download here.

	Moons		Months
	Ziisibaakadake giizis	Sugar moon	April
	Nmebine giizis	Sucker moon	May
	Waabgonii giizis	Blossom moon	June
	Miin giizis	Berry moon	July
	Mnoomni giizis	Rice moon	August
	Waabagaa giizis	Changing leaves moon	September
	Bnaakwii giizis	Falling leaves moon (Click here to view a full screen panorama with sound)	October
	Baashkaakodin giizis	Freezing moon	November
	Manidoo giizisoonhs	Little spirit moon	December
	Manidoo giizis	Spirit moon (Click here to view a full screen panorama with sound)	January
	Makwa giizis	Bear moon	February
	Naabidin giizis	Snow crust moon (Click here to view a full screen panorama with sound)	March
	Bopogaame giizis	Broken snowshoe moon	March/April