ANIIDAM TUGIDAA

Wild Word Friday!

ANIIDAM TUGIDAA is the Aleut designation for our month of July. ANIIDAM TUGIDAA means Month When Sea Mammal Pups are Born. When I work within a Native American language, I always love to see how words and names are so connected with nature. That’s not unusual considering that the survival of Native peoples depended on how much they knew about their natural environment.

If I were to name our month of July for the characteristics it has in my environment here in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, I might name it Month When the Water Grows Warm Enough for Swimming!

What would you name July?

Blessings!

Sue