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1 10 1 10 LEAVES TURNING MOON 2 11 9 FALLING LEAVES MOON 2 11 9

SEPTEMBER 2021 WAATEBAGAA-GIIZIS, WAABAAGBAGAA-GIIZIS 3 12 8 OCTOBER 2021 BINAAKWE-GIIZIS, BINAAKWE-GIIZIS 3 12 8

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30 31 1 2 3 4 5 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 Treaty Day, Nova Scotia During SPW, organize a Walk for Wenjack, check out free movies, and see the list of DWF LIVE LEGACY SCHOOLS sessions.

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Labour Day

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Powley Day Anniversary Fall Harvest (Métis) of Gord Session: Planning Celebration your Walk for Downie’s passing Wenjack

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 Anniversary 23 24 of Chanie Wenjack’s Session: Unpacking Passing the Legacy Schools Toolkit OCTOBER 17-22 SECRET PATH WEEK

27 28 29 30 1 2 3 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Orange Shirt Day National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

The moon orbits earth 13 times. Though there are 13 lunar months each year, most of us follow the 12-month Secret Path Week is a national movement commemorating the legacies of Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack, taking Gregorian calendar created by Pope Gregory XIII. Many Indigenous teachings use the back of a turtle’s shell as a place annually from October 17-22. This is a meaningful week as October 17th and 22nd respectively mark the dates calendar. There are numerous distinct names and differences of the thirteen moons throughout various Indigenous that Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack joined the spirit world. We call on all Canadians to use Secret Path Week to cultures in . The Anishinaabe named the moon cycles after the important natural events that influence a answer Gord Downie’s call, to “Do Something” by creating a reconciliACTION and furthering the conversation about location on earth. Because the region the Anishinaabe live on is so large, the moons may not be called the same the history of residential schools. thing for all areas. Learn more at LegacySchools.ca

Find out more about the significant days in this calendar at LegacySchools.ca

1 10 1 10 2 11 9 2 9 FREEZING OVER MOON 11 LITTLE SPIRIT MOON, BLUE MOON BIG SPIRIT MOON 3 12 8

4 13 2021 GASHKADINO-GIIZIS, BAASHKAAKODIN-GIIZIS 3 12 8 DECEMBER 2021 MNIDOONS GIIZIS OONHG, MNIDOONS GIIZIS 7 5 6 4 13 7 5 6 1 10 9 2 11 12 8 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY 3 13 7 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 National Inuit Day Indigenous Education Month NOVEMBER 2-6 TREATIES RECOGNITION WEEK (ONTARIO)

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Indigenous Remembrance Day Veterans’ Day

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Louis Riel Day

NOVEMBER 15-21 METIS WEEK

20 21 22 23 24 25 Christmas Day 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Eve Winter Solstice Métis Christmas- Revillon

Quviasukvik (Inuit) Quviasukvik (Inuit) Quviasukvik (Inuit)

27 28 29 30 31 New Year’s 1 New Year’s 2 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Eve Day

Quviasukvik (Inuit) Quviasukvik (Inuit) Quviasukvik (Inuit) Quviasukvik (Inuit) Quviasukvik (Inuit) Quviasukvik (Inuit)

1 10 1 10 GREAT SPIRIT MOON, SPIRIT MOON 2 11 9 SUCKERFISH MOON, BEAR MOON 2 11 9

JANUARY 2022 GICHIMANIDOO-GIIZIS, MANIDOO-GIIZIS 3 12 8 FEBRUARY 2022 NAMEBINI-GIIZIS, MKWA-GIIZIS 3 12 8

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27 28 29 30 31 1 New Year’s 2 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 Day

Ochetookeskaw / Gord’s Kissing Day (Métis) Birthday

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10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Have a Heart Day

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Chanie’s International Birthday Mother Language Day

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31 1 2 3 4 5 6 To learn more about the Moons, refer to our Legacy Schools resources at LegacySchools.ca 13 Turtle Moons

Freezing Moon

Falling Leaves Moon

Leaves Turning Moon

Spirit Moon

1 10 Bear Moon 9 2 11 Ricing Moon

Little Spirit Moon 12 8 3 Berry Moon 13 Snowcrust Moon 4 7 5 6 Blue Moon Big Spirit Broken Snowshoe Moon

DownieWenjack.ca Suckerfish Moon Blooming Strawberry Moon 2022

1 10 1 10 SNOWCRUST MOON 2 11 9 SUGARBUSHING MOON, BROKEN SNOWSHOE MOON 2 11 9

MARCH 2022 ONAABANI-GIIZIS, ONAABDIN-GIIZIS 3 12 8 APRIL 2022 ISKIGAMIZIGE-GIIZIS, POKWAAGAMI-GIIZIS 3 12 8

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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 International Women’s Day

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 St. Patrick’s Day St. Joseph’s Day Elderbeary Day Sunday

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BUDDING MOON, SUCKERFISH MOON 1 10 STRAWBERRY MOON, BLOOMING MOON 1 10 2 11 9 JUNE 2022 ODEMIINI-GIIZIS, BAASHKAABIGONII 2 11 9 MAY 2022 ZAAGIBAGAA-GIIZIS, NAMEBINE-GIIZIS 12 8 12 8 3 3

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25 26 27 28 29 30 1 30 31 1 2 3 4 5 INDIGENOUS HISTORY MONTH PRIDE MONTH

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 RED DRESS DAY Mother’s Day

GOOSE BREAK, MAY 2-6

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Bear Witness Day Father’s Day

FLOATING GOOSE BREAK, MAY 9-13 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 National 22 23 24 25 26 Indigenous Day Against Peoples Day Fete nationale Homophobia, Saint​-Jean-Baptiste Transphobia & Day (QC) Summer Solstice Biphobia

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Victoria Day Canadian National Patriots’ Multiculturalism Day (QC) Day

30 31 1 2 3 4 5 Head to DownieWenjack.ca to learn about the events we have planned for National Indigenous History Month 2022! Celebrate Pride Month by learning about Two Spirit people. Two Spirit refers to a person who identifies as having both a masculine and a feminine spirit, and is used by some Indigenous people to describe their sexual, gender and/or spiritual identity.

1 10 1 10 HALFWAY SUMMER MOON, BERRY MOON 2 11 9 RICING MOON 2 11 9

JULY 2022 ABITAA-NIIBINI-GIIZIS, MIIN-GIIZIS 3 12 8 AUGUST 2022 MANOOMINIKE-GIIZIS, MANOOMINIKE GIIZIS 3 12 8

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27 28 29 30 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Canada Day Civic Day

Wikwemikong Festival

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Nunavut Day International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 St. Laurent Pilgrimage (Métis)

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Back to Batoche (Festival) Back to Batoche Back to Batoche Back to Batoche Back to Batoche Back to Batoche (Festival) (Festival) (Festival) (Festival) (Festival) Métis Nation Day

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Wikwemikong Wikwemikong Festival Festival

Summer – Treaty Day is celebrated on different days throughout Canada, depending on the particular treaty that is Powwows happen throughout the year in North America with many organizers taking advantage of the warm summer being commemorated or if there is a treaty associated with a community. Treaty days in Central and Western Canada months. A powwow may be private or public and is an event where Indigenous people dance, sing, socialize, celebrate are generally in the summer months. Numbered treaties signatories receive $4 or $5 annually — an amount that has and honor their cultures. Powwows were once banned in Canada as another attempt at assimilation through the Indian not increased over time to reflect inflation. Act of 1876. Powwows never stopped taking place, and were often held in secret. After years of protest the government amended the Indian Act in 1951 to allow for Indigenous peoples to practice traditional ceremonies including powwows. Eastern Canada’s oldest powwow held in Wikwemikong First Nation on Manitoulin Island in Ontario.

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