LONGHOUSE CYCLE

  
     
 

Goshe:neh    Winter

  
 

Mid-Winter

  
Ohki:we:h
 
House Cleaning

Thanks to the
Thunderers
Gëgwidekneh
Spring
 

Thanks to the

Maple
 

Seed Blessing
Planting
 

Thanks to the

Thunderers

 

House Cleaning

 

Code of

Handsome Lake
 
Gëdë'ëkneh

Fall
 

Harvest Ceremony
 

Green Corn
 

 
 

Strawberries

  
 

Gëhe:neh  Summer

  
     
 

Wind Directions

  

                                     Tgägwitgë'sgwa:h        "where the sun rises"

Tyothowe"ge:gwa:h    "where the warm breezes come from"

                                     Tyonenö"ge:gwa:h       "where the cold is"
                                     Hegähgwë'sgwa:h        "where the sun sets"