In this lesson, you will have opportunity to learn the various names given to each moon based on their seasonal waxing or waning.  You will also learn about the seasonal cycles within each moon that will include wolastoqey vocabulary for days of the week. I have included a seasonal vocabulary for you to hear traditional seasonal greetings and seasonal activities.  Enjoy learning about each moon especially your birth moon.
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Nkisi Tehc / Can Do's
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Upon completion of this lesson,

Tpostomon Latuwewakon/ Listening to Wolastoqey
 
  • I can listen to stories about each moon
  • I can understand days of the week
 
Wolastoqewatu/ Speaking Wolastoqey
 
  • I can recite seasons, days of the week, cycles
  • I can practice dialogues using seasonal examples
 
Okitomon Latuwewakon/ Reading Wolastoqey
 
  • I can read text relating to thirteen moon cycles
  • I can recognize and read vocabulary related to thirteen moons
 
Wikhomon Latuwewakon/ Writing Wolastoqey
 
  • I can design my own calendar using vocabulary
  • I can write short sentences describing moon and day cycles

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Land Acknowledgement

We would like to acknowledge that the Wolastoq Language and Culture Center is located on the traditional unceded and unsurrendered territory of Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet). This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship which Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognized Wolastoqey title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations.

"We are directed by the government to tell you that the English have no design to take your country or any of your lands from you: or to deprive you of any of your just Rights or Privileges"
(November, 1720, English Treaty Commissioner).

Note: The treaty Commissioners were appointed by the British Crown to negotiate treaties with Wabanaki nations in the 1700s. The Wabanaki nations included the Wolastoqiyik, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscots.
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