Sunday afternoon, October 9, the moon was full at 2:54 Pine Ridge time. Its name is Chanwaghpe Kasna Wi, Falling Leaves, the eighth wimima, round moon (called a full moon in English), of the Lakotan year. Chanwaghpe Kasna Wi is the first of two months that are the Lakotan fall season. The second is Waniyetu Wi, Winter. This naming system reflects both the quickly changing weather and the shortness of the fall season in Lakota country. Fall is here and it is brief! On Friday, October 7, President Biden proclaimed “October 10, 2022, as Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” The proclamation begins:...

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