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06/17/2026

In the Pequot language, sun is Neepawuhs. The sun has long been a guide through the seasons, marking time, growth, and the rhythms of daily life for all people.
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Wutahumun - StrawberryFragaria virginiana The wild strawberry is an important skeehch (plant) to the Pequot People and o...
06/07/2026

Wutahumun - Strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

The wild strawberry is an important skeehch (plant) to the Pequot People and other Indigenous Peoples of the Northeast.

Coveted for its fruit bearing and beautiful small white flowers - the wutahumun has its own month : Wuahumun Keesoohs the Strawberry Month or Strawberry Moon.

Wutahumuneeash are an important spring food, they get their name from the root word “-tah”meaning”heart and “mun” meaning berry - the Heart Berry - probably for their striking resemblance to a real heart.

During the Strawberry Moon, wutahumuneeash are given as gifts of friendship or love - living up to their name.

Modern strawberry varieties are actually 300 year old hybrids of fragaria virginia (wild/virginia strawberry) and fragaria chiloensis (beach/chilean strawberry). The native variety produces smaller rounder fruits than our common modern variety!

06/04/2026

Nuqutôsuk Neesôsuk Tâput

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Poohqawuhak - Hard Clam (Quahog)The Poohqawuhak is one of the most important animals to the indigenous people in Souther...
05/24/2026

Poohqawuhak - Hard Clam (Quahog)

The Poohqawuhak is one of the most important animals to the indigenous people in Southern New England. Used as food, tools and jewelry the Poohqawuhak are sacred to our people.

The beautiful purple “foot” of the Poohqawuhak historically (and in modern times) was used for the beautiful dark wampum beads known as suhkawuhak (dark shell) or moowuhak (black shell).

Poohqawuhak are also used to make traditional dishes such as New England Clam Chowder or in more recent times Clam Cakes.

The thick shell of the Poohqawuhak were also used as heads for garden hoes or ayaskuheek (shell tool). And also as tweezers to shape indigenous hairstyles.

🌸🌻🌷Upeeshaw - Flower 🌼 🌺🌹 Go outside and smell the Upeeshawônash!Named for the blooms that come bursting out!The flower ...
05/16/2026

🌸🌻🌷Upeeshaw - Flower 🌼 🌺🌹

Go outside and smell the Upeeshawônash!

Named for the blooms that come bursting out!

The flower pictured is a Rhododendron many of which grow and turn blood red in Oohoomawahkee (Owl Land) our Cedar Swamp - just behind Foxwoods and The Mashantucket Pequot Museum - with an accompanying legend about the blood spilled by our ancestors during the Pequot War of the mid 1630s.

Noohkas - My MotherWuyee Oohkasah Keesuk!Happy Mother’s Day!
05/10/2026

Noohkas - My Mother

Wuyee Oohkasah Keesuk!

Happy Mother’s Day!

Muhshooy - Dugout CanoeFound in various dialects as: muhshoon, mishoòn, amisǒl, umpshu, meshwe , mashuee, ámasol, amóxol...
05/03/2026

Muhshooy - Dugout Canoe

Found in various dialects as: muhshoon, mishoòn, amisǒl, umpshu, meshwe , mashuee, ámasol, amóxol.

All the same word with the terminating consonant showing the dialect - Y, N, L, or R.

The State of Missouri holds this name to this day.

Seep - RiverSeep is one of the words for river in Pequot!A local river that retains its ancestral name is the Pequotsepo...
04/25/2026

Seep - River

Seep is one of the words for river in Pequot!

A local river that retains its ancestral name is the Pequotsepos which is right next to the mouth of the Mystic River!

Pequotsepos is made up of the words Pequot and Seepuwees (little river or brook). So Pequotsepos means Pequot Brook!

Another Algonquian word which contains Seep is the Mississippi!

Missi - from Muhsay meaning Big or Great

And Sippi from Seep or Seepuw meaning River

So Mississippi means the Great River!

Tahnahkeechaôk - GardenMeaning literally “Place where you Plant”I hope everyone is getting their gardens ready this year...
04/13/2026

Tahnahkeechaôk - Garden

Meaning literally “Place where you Plant”

I hope everyone is getting their gardens ready this year!

Our Corn Planting moon is fast approaching and it’s important to hit our planting timing in order to have a great harvest in the fall!

Ahkeecha - To Plant 🌱 With our Planting Moon fast approaching its time for you all to get out and get some soil, seeds, ...
04/04/2026

Ahkeecha - To Plant 🌱

With our Planting Moon fast approaching its time for you all to get out and get some soil, seeds, trowels and some SUN 🌞.

One of the most important times of the year - if you missed your planting window - no crops come harvest moon, or a decreased yield!

Coming from the root word Ahkee - meaning Land!

Ahkeecha - is spelled various ways in historical documents

Ohkehteau/Ohketeau - “He/She Plants”

Aukeeteaûmen - “To plant corn”

Aukeeteaûmitch - “Planting Time”

Ohkehteaen-in - “a planter, one who plants”

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