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In indigenous cultures, a women's "moon time" or time of menstruation is sacred. Traditionally, women would seclude themselves in a "moon lodge" where they would sleep separate from their family, refrain from food preparation and ceremony. Female friends and relatives cared for the menstruating woman and helped her family during this time. An article in Re.wire News, states that for Ojibwe women, their moon can be a time of rest, regeneration, and recognition of their important roles as life givers and community leaders. As women bleed "...they are sloughing off the accumulated experience and stress of being a woman. Some of those experiences are painful or may contain negative energy, so we want to be careful that we don't interrupt that process." Practices of honoring this time are being reintroduced in many tribes.

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