I told him I was Nez Perce, and his face lit up. The terms for cousins are the same as those for brother and sister. The Nez Perce people lived with the season and not by the months. January Time of cold weather, blizzards. March Season of first bloom of plants.
New life begins.
April Season of high rivers from melting snow. May Season of first root, Q'eqiit harvest. Season of bluebark return. August Season of Chinook Salmon return. October Season of cold weather.