Dakota Moons

Sioux Moons

The following is a list of Dakota and Teton moons collected around the middle of the XIXᵀᴴ Century:

		Dakota (Neill) [1]		Dakota (Riggs) [2]		Teton Lakota (Riggs) [2]
1.	Jan.	Wi-teri	The Hard Moon	Witeḣi	The Hard Moon
2.	Feb.	Wicata-wi	Raccoon Moon	Wićta-wi	Raccoon Moon
3.	March	Istawicayazan-wi	Sore-Eye Moon	Iśtawićayazaŋ-wi	Sore-Eye Moon
4.	April	Magaokadi-wi	Moon in which the Geese Lay Their Eggs	Maġaokada-wi	Moon in which the Geese Lay Eggs
						Moġaksića-agli-wi	Moon when the Ducks Come Back
		Watopapi-wi	Moon when Streams are again Navigable	Watopapi-wi	Moon when Streams are again Navigable
5.	May	Wayupi-wi	The Planting Moon	Woźupi-wi	The Planting Moon
6.	June	Wajustecasa-wi	Moon when Strawberries are Red	Waźuśtećaśa-wi	Moon when Strawberries are Red
						Tipsiŋla-itkaḣća-wi	The Moon when the Seed-Pods of the Indian Turnip Mature
						Wipazoka-waśte-wi	The Moon when the Wipazoka Berries are Ripe
7.	July	Canpasapa-wi	Moon when the Choke Cherries are Ripe	Ćaŋpasapa-wi	Moon when the Choke Cherries are Ripe	Ćaŋpasapa-wi	Moon when the Choke Cherries are Ripe
		Wasunpa-wi	Moon when the Geese Shed Their Feathers	Waśuŋpa-wi	Moon when the Geese Shed Their Feathers
						Takiyuḣa-wi	Deer Rutting Moon
8.	Aug.	Wasuton-wi	Harvest Moon	Wasutoŋ-wi	Harvest Moon	Kaŋta-śa-wi	Moon when Plums are Red
9.	Sept.	Psinhnaketu-wi	Moon when Rice is Laid up to Dry	Psiŋhnaketu-wi	Moon when Rice is Laid up to Dry	Ćaŋwapeġi-wi	Moon in which the Leaves become Brown
10.	Oct.	Wazupi-wi	Drying Rice Moon	Waźupi-wi, Wị-waźupi	Drying Rice Moon
						Ćaŋwape-ksana-wi	Moon when the Wind Shakes off Leaves
						Wayuksapi-wi	Corn Harvest Moon
11.	Nov.	Takiyura-wi	Deer Rutting Moon	Takiyuḣa-wi	Deer Rutting Moon	(see under "July")
11.	Nov.					Waniyetu-wi	Winter Moon
12.	Dec.	Tahecapsun-wi	Moon when Deer Shed Their Horns	Tahećapśuŋ-wi	Moon when Deer Shed Their Horns
12.	Dec.					Wanićokaŋ-wi	Mid-winter Moon

"Wićta-wi" — cf. Hočąk, Waké-kirúxe-wi-rá, "Raccoon Breeding Moon" (March).

"Woźupi-wi" — cf. Hočąk, Mo-inke-wi-ra, "Earth Digging Moon" (May).

"Wayuksapi-wi" — cf. Hočąk, Wa-toču-wi-ra, "When the Corn Gets Ripe" (August).

"Takiyuḣa-wi" — cf. Hočąk, Ča-kiruxe-wi-ra, "Deer Rutting Moon" (November).

"Tahećapśuŋ-wi" — cf. Hočąk, Ča-he-wakšų-wi-ra, "Deer Antler Shedding Moon" (December).

See Hočąk moons.

Notes:

[1] Edward Duffield Neill, The History of Minnesota: From the Earliest French Explorations to the Present (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1858 [reprint, 1975]) 86.

[2] Stephen Return Riggs, A Dakota-English Dictionary (St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1992 [1890]) s.v. wi, 564b-565a.