Calla:
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Koyukon Name
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Koyukon Root
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Calla palustris
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wild calla
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bekenaal baabe'
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baabe
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79
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Lit. 'beaver's food'; 'moose's food'
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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."
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taah ggoldzeede'
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dzeet
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168
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Lit. 'water ball'
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Kwaraceius - "Refers to the ball-like spadix (cluster of flowers) in the early summer, and to the berries later."
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root of wild calla
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taah ts'edone
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don2
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Lit. 'underwater food'
Also refers to yellow pond lily rather than wild calla root
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Calla palustris
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Carrot:
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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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Hedysarum alpinum
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wild carrot
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tsoł
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tsoł1
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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."
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Indian potato
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nen' t'oh dalldloyee
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nen'1
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475
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Lit. 'those which are underground'
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nen' yeh geege'
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Lit. 'underground berry'
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Hedysarum alpinum
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Celery:
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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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Angelica sp.
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wild celery
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Unidentified in Koyukon language, but use of Angelica lucida as a source of food is noted in the Lower Yukon by Heller
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Zagoskin - in a journal entry dated June 16, 1843, he describes collecting an edible plant near Nulato that he identifies as Angelica sylvestris.
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Angelica sylvestris
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Chives:
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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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| Allium schoenoprasum
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wild chives
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Described by Nelson but he did not give a Koyukon name for the plant
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Nelson - Eaten raw alone or mixed with fish
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Allium schoenoprasum
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Chokecherry:
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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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Prunus sp.
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dodetl'edzee ch'ejege'
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tl'ets
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604
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Neologism for an introduced plant
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Prunus sp.
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Cloudberry:
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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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| Rubus chamaemorus
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Rubus chamaemorus |
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Coltsfoot:
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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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Petasites hyperboreus
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kkaalbedze
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bets1
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Lit. 'spread out foot'
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Low growing, found on hillsides, and eaten by bears --Jetté
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Petasites frigidus
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Petasites hyperboreus
Petasites frigidus
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Commandra:
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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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Geocaulon lividum
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northern commandra
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naaggedle geege'
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geege
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Lit. 'fox's berry'
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timberberry
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dogberry
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toadflax
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Geocaulon lividum
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Cottonwood:
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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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Populus balsimifera
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balsam poplar
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t'egheł
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t'egheł5
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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
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cottonwood bark
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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."
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buds
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Nelson- "Pitchy buds are boiled with spruce needles (or with highbush cranberries and rose hips) to make medicine for healing sores."
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Populus balsimifera
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Cow Parsely:
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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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Heracleum lanatum
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wild celery
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lokk'oge
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kk'ok2
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Retranscription uncertain. Jette: "term of the extreme-lower dialect…not identified and found only in Lower Yukon."
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Jette - "Largest of the three "wild celerys" in Alaska. Although stems have to be peeled to remove the outer layer (that can irritate skin), the portion iside is edible. It has a very strong odor, especially when crushed or peeled."
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Heracleum lanatum
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