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Cranberry : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Oxycoccus microcarpus bog cranberry ch'enkkutl kkutl 343 Possibly reshaped from kkotl2 (salmonberry). Nelson gives us geeznogha' as another alternative. Nelson - Usually eaten raw daał nodoodle' daał1 115 Lit. 'crane's eyebrow' Also called deldool baabe' Jetté - "A red berry, edible, resembling very much the low-bush cranberry, and growing together with it, on a slender, thread-like stem, which runs generally on top of the green moss. It is quite palatable in the fall, but still sweeter in the spring, after it has wintered under the snow. The cranes are said to be fond of it, as it is the only berry which they find around the lakes when they return in the spring." t'egheł nodoodle' dootl2 151 Lit. 'cottonwood's eyelashes' deldool baabe' baabe 79 Lit. 'sandhill crane's food' Viburnum edule highbush cranberry donaaldloye lo* 407 Lit. 'elevated small round things' Nelson - Berries eaten raw and stems used for basket rims tsonłtlaa tlaa3 562 May refer to the currant bushes which also grow on hillsides --Jones Jones - "These plants are used for medicine. They are sometimes boiled together with tlaa ele' (juniper). People with skin problems use this water to wash or soak the affected area." Vaccunium vitis-idaea lowbush cranberry netl'et tl'et2 602 Nelson gives the Koyukon word dinaałakk'aza as an equivalent Nelson - "The berries were formerly crushed and spread on sled runners to make them slippery..." Nelson- Notes that along with blueberries they are the most important plant food to the Koyukon Athabacans. Marcotte - Records collection rates as high as five gallons per household. Oxycoccus microcarpus Viburnum edule Vaccunium vitis-idaea

Crowberry : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koykon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Empetrum nigrum deenaałt' aas Described from Nelson not in KAD Nelson - "Eaten when it is found in mountain areas, the crowberry is said to be helpful in relieving thirst." Empetrum nigrum

Currant : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Ribes hudsonianum black currant, possibly northern black currant, or bristly black currant dotson' geege' tson' 644 Lit. 'raven's berry' Nelson - "Eaten formerly...is largely avoided due to its traditional association with the raven." Ribes lacustre bristly black currant geege 184 Ribes hudsonianum northern black currant geege meghʉdaa' daa'3 107 Lit. 'blueberry's cousin' Ribes triste red currant nots'ehtl'oone ts'eh1 661 Lit. 'tied hats hanging down' "…implying a comparison of the stem with hanging berries to the tie of a cap or hood with its hanging ball-tassels." --Jetté Nelson - "The American red currant is eaten raw, usually when and where it is found." Ribes hudsonianum Ribes lacustre Ribes triste

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