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All Categories Not categorised Alder Algae Artemesia Ash Aspen Baneberry Bearberry Birch Bluebells Blueberry Broom-rape Calla Carrot Celery Chives Chokeberry Cloudberry Coltsfoot Commandra Cottonwood Cow Parsely Cranberry Crowberry Currant Dogwood Equisetum Fireweed Forget-Me-Not Grass Hemlock Hudson Bay Tea Indian Potato Iris Juniper Kinnikinnick Larch Lichen Lily Lungwort Marestail Moss Nagoonberry Nettle Potentilla Raspberry Rhubarb Rose Salmonberry Spruce Valerian Willow Wintergreen

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BROOM-RAPE

Broom-rape : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Boschniakia rossica poque dotson' ggooneegge' tson' 644 Lit. 'raven pipe' Jones - "A plant with hollow stem used as a tube." dotson' ch'echene' Boschniakia rossica

CALLA

Calla : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Calla palustris wild calla bekenaal baabe' baabe 79 Lit. 'beaver's food'; 'moose's food' Kwaraceius - "Refers to fleshy rhizome of yellow pond lilly (Nuphar polysepalum) as well as wild calla." "Commonly called the root of yellow pond lily, which is edible, whereas that of wild calla is poisonous to humans." taah ggoldzeede' dzeet 168 Lit. 'water ball' Kwaraceius - "Refers to the ball-like spadix (cluster of flowers) in the early summer, and to the berries later." root of wild calla taah ts'edone don2 147 Lit. 'underwater food' Also refers to yellow pond lily rather than wild calla root Calla palustris

CARROT

Carrot : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Hedysarum alpinum wild carrot tsoł tsoł1 642 Jette - "The tsoł is good only during the winter, when the natives gather it, digging for it under the snow. It is then round and full, juicy and tender. After the thaw it loses its qualities, becomes hard, woody, and tasteless. It is also used as a substitute for tea or coffee. For this purpose, the root is sliced transversely in segments 1 to 2 inches long; these are divided longitudinally, by separating the fibers, and these are cut again across in small portions, which are afterwards dried and roasted in a frying pan. They are used as tea, in an infusion, and sometimes as a decoction. The beverage thus prepared is said to taste like chocolate." Indian potato nen' t'oh dalldloyee nen'1 475 Lit. 'those which are underground' nen' yeh geege' Lit. 'underground berry' Hedysarum alpinum

CELERY

Celery : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Angelica sp. wild celery Unidentified in Koyukon language, but use of Angelica lucida as a source of food is noted in the Lower Yukon by Heller Zagoskin - in a journal entry dated June 16, 1843, he describes collecting an edible plant near Nulato that he identifies as Angelica sylvestris. Angelica sylvestris

CHIVES

Chives : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Allium schoenoprasum wild chives Described by Nelson but he did not give a Koyukon name for the plant Nelson - Eaten raw alone or mixed with fish Allium schoenoprasum

CHOKEBERRY

Chokecherry : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Prunus sp. dodetl'edzee ch'ejege' tl'ets 604 Neologism for an introduced plant Prunus sp.

CLOUDBERRY

Cloudberry : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Rubus chamaemorus Rubus chamaemorus

COLTSFOOT

Coltsfoot : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Petasites hyperboreus kkaalbedze bets1 101 Lit. 'spread out foot' Low growing, found on hillsides, and eaten by bears --Jetté Petasites frigidus Petasites hyperboreus Petasites frigidus

COMMANDRA

Commandra : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Geocaulon lividum northern commandra naaggedle geege' geege 184 Lit. 'fox's berry' timberberry dogberry toadflax Geocaulon lividum

COTTONWOOD

Cottonwood : Scientific Name Related Terms Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information Populus balsimifera balsam poplar t'egheł t'egheł5 244 Nelson - The Koyukon origin story for balsam poplar tells about a woman who heard a tale that was so sad and terrible that she began to cry and slit her skin. She became the balsam poplar with its deeply cut bark. Good for smoking meat and fish cottonwood bark Nelson - "...used to make fish net floaters and may have been peeled in slabs for smokehouse floors and walls. The bark is also burned as mosquito smudges." buds Nelson- "Pitchy buds are boiled with spruce needles (or with highbush cranberries and rose hips) to make medicine for healing sores." Populus balsimifera

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