As it is Women's Month, I want to tell you about the Three Sisters.

These three goddesses/spirits are important figures of the Gaihwi:io Religion of the Haudenosaunee Native American Tribes of the United States and Canada.

The Haudenosaunee consists of six different tribes altogether. The tribes are: the Onöndowá'ga (Seneca), Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk), Onyota'a:ka (Oneida), Onöñda'gega' (Onondaga), Gayogo̱ho:nǫʔ (Cayuga), and Ska:rù:rę' (Tuscarora). The Haudenosaunee are also known as the Iroquois.

This religion was founded by Ganyodaiyo' (also known as Handsome Lake). In 1779, the United States attacked the Haudenosaunee, killing many innocent people. Ganyodaiyo' around this time had become ill had a dream about The Three Sisters, which inspired him to create the Gaihwi:io Religion and re-teach his community their historical agricultural practices.

The Three Sisters are Corn, the eldest and tallest sister, Bean, the second eldest sister and the youngest and shortest sister, Pumpkin (or Squash).

The Haudenosaunee would plant corns, beans, and squash seeds together in the same hole and each of these plants helped each other grow and help protect each other against the elements. That is why the Haudenosaunee call them The Three Sisters, because they nurture each other like a family should.