The Full Moon of November was called in Colonial times the Frosty or Snow Moon. The Hopi Indians knew it as the Initiate Moon, the Algonquin called it the Beaver Moon, and the Lakota Sioux called it the Moon of the Falling Leaves. BY: Gail S. Cleere 202/653-1541 NAVOBSY WASH This news release may be reproduced, with credit please, to the U.S. Naval Observatory.