Oglala Calendar Moons from BLACK ELK SPEAKS

source:
BLACK ELK SPEAKS: BEING THE LIFE STORY OF A HOLY MAN OF THE OGLALA SIOUX as told through John G. Neihardt (Flaming Rainbow) (Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 1991/1932)

That portion of the year we call "January"
is called "Moon of Frost in the Tepee" by Black Elk (p. 137, 267).

That portion of the year we call "February"
is called "Moon of the Dark Red Calves" and "Moon of the Dark Red Calf" by Black Elk (p. 90, 138).

That portion of the year we call "March"
is called "Moon of the Snowblind" by Black Elk (p. 90, 105, 138).

That portion of the year we call "April"
is called "Moon of the Red Grass Appearing" by Black Elk (p. 63, 139).

That portion of the year we call "May"
is called "Moon When the Ponies Shed" by Black Elk (p. 18, 139), also "Moon of Shedding Ponies" (p. 196).

That portion of the year we call "June"
is called "Moon of Making Fat" by Black Elk (p. 80, 90, 148, 159, 177, 203). "It was held in the Moon of Fatness because that is the time when the sun is highest and the growing power of the world is strongest" (p. 96). also "Moon of Fatness" (p. 196)

That portion of the year we call "July"
is called "Moon of Red Cherries" by Black Elk (p. 57).

That portion of the year we call "August"
is called "Moon When the Cherries Turn Black" and "Moon When the Cherries are Ripe" and "Moon of Black Cherries" by Black Elk (p. 16, 61, 132, 248).

That portion of the year we call "September"
is called "Moon When the Calves Grow Hair" and "Moon of the Black Calf" and "Moon When the Calf Grows Hair" by Black Elk (p. 81, 133, 140), and also "Moon When the Plums Are Scarlet" (p. 177).

That portion of the year we call "October"
is called "Moon of the Changing Season" by Black Elk (p. 10).

That portion of the year we call "November"
is called "Moon of Falling Leaves" and "Moon of the Falling Leaves" by Black Elk (p. 18, 134,135).

That portion of the year we call "December"
is called "Moon of the Popping Trees" by Black Elk (p. 7, 179, 253).