Willow:
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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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Salix sp.
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kk'ʉy
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kk'ʉy'
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372
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Sullivan - Many descriptions of willows being cut and used as ground cover during fish and game processing
Nelson - Willow poles are used for setting gill nets under the ice.
Used to build a variety of items such as fish racks, basket rims, fish traps, etc.
Zagoskin - reports a long jumping contest played along the Koyukuk in 1843 that involved ten pieces of willow placed six feet apart and gradually moved farther apart to determine a winner.
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a large willow, tree size
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kk'ʉy gede'
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kk'ʉy'
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372
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a medium sized willow, a reddish mid-sized willow
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belaazon kk'ʉye'
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zon1
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741
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Lit. 'otter's willow'
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Jones - Used to make snare fences
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a rotten willow
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ts'ell'ʉyh t;'oodle'
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tl'otl2
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611
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Salix arbusculoides
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a tree willow
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kk'ʉyloo
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łoo
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418
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"Littletree willow" - Nelson
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Nelson - Combined with rotten spruce and used to smoke hides. Description of process on pages 165 - 166 of Tracks in the Wildland.
Young leaves are eaten.
Small shoots and stems are peeled and scraped to obtain sweet, edible sap.
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catkin of the willow
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kk'olodeeto'
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kk'ʉy'
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373
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to'2
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518
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dry willows
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oghe
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o2
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40
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inner bark of willow
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ch'etlotone'
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tp2
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517
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Clark - Made into twine and woven to make nets for fishing. These nets must be kept wet at all times to prevent cracking.
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k'aalt'oodze'
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t'oots
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557
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Sullivan - Mouths of fish are tied with willow bark before being roasted whole.
Nelson - In Tracks in the Wildland he describes the use of willow bark in the ceremony held when the first king salmon of the season is caught. "If women wanted to participate in the ceremony, they had to wear cords of twisted willow bark around their necks and wrists."
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fresh willow sprouts in spring
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kk'olgeets
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geets
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185
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pussy willow catkin
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kk'ololeege'
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kk'ʉy'
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373
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reddish willow in mountains
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kk'uyh tseek
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kk'ʉy'
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372
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small, red-barked willow
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bet'on' deets'aaggeye
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ts'aakk
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652
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species of mid-sized willow
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bezeye kk'ʉye'
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kk'ʉy'
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372
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willow catkin
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kk'ʉy dleyh deloyule'
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yul
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720
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willow with red bark
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kk'ʉykk'eze
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kk'ʉy'
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372
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Salix bebbiana
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Bebb willow, diamond willow
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kk'ʉy dliyh
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Description from Nelson not found in KAD
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Nelson - Used for decorative woodwork
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Salix planifolia
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diamondleaf willow
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kk'uy dlits'eela
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Description from Nelson not found in KAD
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Salix pulchra
Salix sp. catkins
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Wintergreen:
| Scientific Name
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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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Pyrola sp.
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pyrola
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tso' dzeghe ts'eeł' aanee
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tso'
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640
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Lit. 'that which we use as a beaver's ear'
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Pyrola grandiflora
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