Friday, September 26, 2025

3 Sisters Garden

Potawatomi Garden Vocabulary:
Beans = kojesek (koe-jess-uck)
Blueberries = min
Corn = ndamen (mdom-in)
Earth = sekmek (suge-muk)
Feast = wewesnakewin
Fire = shkode (sh-ko-day)
Garden = Gtegan (get-tuh-gone)
Gourd = shishigwIn
Moon = tpukises
Mother Earth = Sekmekwe (suge-muk-kway)
Pumpkin = wapkon
Red = mskwa (muh-shkwa)
Sister = nwidgeko
Smoke = bkwe (bek-way)
South = we’jgzhate’k
Squash = kwesmen (kwes-men)
Strawberries = demen (day-men)
Summer = Niben (nee-ben)
Three = nswe
Water = mbish
Wild Rice = (meh-no-men)
Wind = noden (no-den)

Potawatomi Sacred Plants Vocabulary:
Cedar = kishki
Sage = wabshkebyek
Sweetgrass = wishkpemishkos
Tobacco = se’ma

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