January 3, 2026. Wioteghika Wi is the name of the tenth full moon of the Lakotan year. This year, that full moon occurred early Saturday morning, January 3, at 3:02 Pine Ridge Time. Oteghika is defined by Buechel as “very hard to endure, trying, difficult," and Wioteghika Wi as "the hard moon.” We use "Hardships" as the name of this moon. The Lakotan year in 1890 began with the early morning full moon on April 5 at 2:24 am. That was the first full moon–Magaksicha Agli Wi–of that year. The tenth full moon–Hardships–was December 25, 1890, at 10:57 pm. The...

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