Baneberry:
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Actacea rubra
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nełtene ch'ejege'
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ten5
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513
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Lit. 'thunder berry'
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Actacea rubra |
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Bearberry:
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Arctostaphylos alpina
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alpine bearberry
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geeze noghe'
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geeze
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185
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Lit. 'camprobber's eyes'
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Nelson - Stored in moose fat or grease, and mixed with fish, meat or oil before eating
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kinnikinnick
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Noted as a common name for geeze noghe'
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Arctostaphylos rubra
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red-fruited bearberry
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deneyh
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neyh
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476
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Nelson notes this also applies to Arctostaphylos alpina and Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
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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'"
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 Arctostaphylos alpina Arctostaphylos rubra |
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Birch:
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Betula papyrifera
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paper birch
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kk'eeyh
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kk'eeyh
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353
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Jetté - "Birchwood is used extensively in the making of sleds, canoe frames, snowshoes, etc., and for such purposes the birch that grows on hillsides, or in dry ground is always selected when available. The native claim that the one from the flood-plains rots easily and does not last over one year. My experience goes to confirm this statement."
Sullivan - Beginning on page 2 of the The Ten'a Food Quest, he gives a description of use for fish wheel baskets. On page 3 is a description of birch bark being used as canoe covering and how trees are selected for bark.
Sullivan - Inner bark is separated from outer bark and dried and roughened to prevent fish from slipping during processing.
Bark is used as a watertight roofing material in combination with earth. Also used in basket making.
Sullivan - On page 28 of The Ethnology of the Ten'a Indians of Interior Alaska, he describes the process for making bow and arrows from green birch wood.
Nelson - On pages 177-185 of Tracks in the Wildland he gives descriptions and illustrations of how birch bark is gathered and used for a variety of containers.
Clark - Big game spears were made from a shaft of birch and a spear head made from moose tibia or bear ulna.
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Betula nana
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dwarf birch
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łeyeł
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yeł3
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692
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Means shrub in general, but when applied to a specific plant it most often means Betula nana, but can also refer to Betula glandulosa
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Betula glandulosa
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resin birch
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kk'aan dikina
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Described from Nelson, not in KAD
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 Betula papyrifera Betula nana |
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Bluebell:
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Mertensia paniculata
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lungwort
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ggaał lodelyaaye
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ggaał
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200
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Lit. 'those which are put in the king salmon's throat (mouth)'
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Jetté - "They all seem to allude to a practice of putting the bluebell plant in the king salmon's mouth. No description of the custom could be obtained. The practice, as well as the various names, are entirely unknown to the upper tribe."
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ggaał laagge zelaaye
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ggaał laagge nodelyaaye
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ggaał dzaaye'
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Mertensia paniculata
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noolaagh dzaaye'
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dzaayh2
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165
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Lit. 'dog salmon's heart' or 'king salmon's heart'
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ggaał dzaaye'
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Mertensia paniculata or Valeriana capitata
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unidentified bluebell or valerian
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łookk'e lo daaldloye
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lo2
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404
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unidentified plant that grows on the edge of lakes, possibly bluebell or valerian
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Jones - "This is burned under a fishnet so that smoke drifts through the meshes to rid the net of bad luck."
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Mertensia paniculata
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Blueberry:
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Vaccinium ulignosum
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nełyaaghe
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yo4
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698
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Lit. 'that which grows'
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Nelson - Notes that along with cranberries these are the most important plant food to the Koyukon Athbascans.
Marcotte - Average collection in Huslia in 1983 was two gallons per household.
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Vaccinium ulignosum |
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Broom-rape:
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Related Terms
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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KAD Page
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Notes on Translation
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Use Information
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Boschniakia rossica
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poque
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dotson' ggooneegge'
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tson'
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644
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Lit. 'raven pipe'
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Jones - "A plant with hollow stem used as a tube."
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dotson' ch'echene'
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Boschniakia rossica
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