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Koyukon Plant Database


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Bearberry

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Scientific Name Related Terms
 Koyukon Name Koyukon Root KAD Page Notes on Translation Use Information
Arctostaphylos alpina
 alpine bearberry
 geeze noghe'
 geeze
 185
 Lit. 'camprobber's eyes' Nelson - Stored in moose fat or grease, and mixed with fish, meat or oil before eating

kinnikinnick


Noted as a common name for geeze noghe'
Arctostaphylos rubra
 red-fruited bearberry
 deneyh
 neyh
 476
 Nelson notes this also applies to Arctostaphylos alpina and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
 Jetté - "A berry resembling the haw, the fruit of the hawthorne, but round, not oblong and hardly ever over 3/8 inch in diameter. The natives collect it on hillsides, late in the fall, when it is still quite hard, and use it during winter, mostly in nonaałdlode. 'Indian ice cream'"
Arctostaphylos alpina
Arctostaphylos alpina
Arctostaphylos rubra
Arctostaphylos rubra

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