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Edible Berries I’d love to pick if I was in their area (no images):

  • Red Huckleberry, Huckleberry, Salal (Heath Family);
  • Thimbleberry, Trailing Blackberry, Black Raspberry, Beach Strawberry (Rose Family).
  • Rosy Twisted Stalk, Small Twisted Stalk (Lily Family).

Some other edible or somewhat edible Alaska berries / berrylike plants I don’t generally use:

  • Bearberry (Heath Family);
  • Mountain Ash, Crabapple, Black Hawthorn (Rose Family);
  • Bristly Black Currant, Stink Currant, Skunk Currant (Gooseberry Family);
  • Elderberry (Moschatel Family);
  • Soapberry, Silverberry (Oleaster Family);
  • Bunchberry (Dogwood Family);
  • Timberberry (Sandalwood Family);
  • Juniper (Cypress Family);
  • Beach Pea (Fabaceae Family).

Other:

  • Haskap (Honeysuckle Family).

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Plant Info Sources:

  • Alaska Center for Conservation Science – UAA:
    • Identification of Non-native Plants in Alaska – Flagstad, Cortes-Burns, Greenstein (2015)
    • Medicinal Flora of the Alaska Natives – Garibaldi (1999) 9781578331185
  • Alaska Ethnobotany Program – UAF Kuskokwim Campus
  • Alaska Geobotany Center – UAF Institute of Arctic Biology
  • Alaska Native Plant Society – Anchorage
  • Alaska Plant Materials Center – DNR Div. of Agriculture
  • Alaska Wildflowers.us – Alfred Cook
  • Alaska’s Wild Berries and Berry-Like Fruit – Pratt (1995) 9780962319242
  • Alaska’s Wilderness Medicines: Healthful Plants of the Far North – Viereck (1987) 9780882403229
  • Bear Mountain Forest Nursery – Josh Smith
  • Discovering Wild Plants – Schofield (1989) 9780882403694
  • Fire Effects Information System – USDA Forest Service
  • Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories – Hultén (1968) 9780804706438
  • Food Plants of Coastal First Peoples – Turner (1995) 9780774805339
  • Food Plants of Interior First Peoples – Turner (1997) 9780774806060
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
  • HortAlaska Berries – Alaska Wild and Cultivated Berries
  • Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
  • Native Medicinal Plants of Southeast Alaska – Moles (2003)
  • Native Plants PNW – Dana Kelley Bressette
  • Project Poppy – Circle District Historical Society
  • Wild Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska – Heller (2005) UAF CES FNH-00028
  • Wild Harvests – T. Abe Lloyd
  • Winterberry – UAF Citizen science project

CLIMATE DATA SOURCES:

  • Alaska Climate Research Center – UAF Geophysical Institute
  • Fairbanks Forecast Office – NOAA National Weather Service

ALASKA LANGUAGE SOURCES:

Print

  • Aleut Dictionary = Unangam Tunudgusii – Bergsland, 2nd Ed. (2001) 9781555000479
  • Benhti Kokht’ana Kenaga’: Minto Lower Tanana Athabascan Pocket Dictionary – Tuttle (2009) 9785550010013
  • Comparative Eskimo Dictionary – Fortescue, Jacobson, Kaplan, 2nd Ed. (2010) 9781555001094
  • Dena’ina Topical Dictionary – Kari, 2nd Ed. (2013) 9781555001216
  • Dictionary of Alaskan English – Tabbert (1991) 9780938737230
  • English Bay and Port Graham Alutiiq Plantlore – Russell (1991)
  • Ethnobotany Field Guide to Selected Plants Found in Sitka, Alaska – the Kayaani Commission, Sitka Tribe of Alaska (2006)
  • Iñupiatun Uqaluit Taniktun Sivuninit = Iñupiaq to English Dictionary – MacLean (2014) 9781602232334
  • K’aiiroondak: Behind the Willows – Martin (1993) 9781877962264
  • Koyukon Athabascan Dictionary – Jetté, Jones (2000) 9781555000639
  • Nanwalek and Port Graham Alutiiq Plantlore – Russell (2011) 9781877962455
  • Naut’staarpet = Our Plants – Russell (2017) 9781929650118
  • Plants of Haida Gwaii – Turner (2004) 9781550391442
  • Plants That We Eat: Nauriat Nigiñaqtaut – Jones, 2nd Ed. (2010) 9781602230743
  • Tanacross Learners’ Dictionary = Dihthaad Xt’een Iin Aandeg’ Dinahtlaa’ – Arnold (2009) 9781555000981
  • Tanaina Plantlore, Dena’ina K’et’una – Russell, 5th Ed. (2013) 9780982576540
  • Traditional Uses of North Slope Plants – Parker et al. (2018) 9781578336944
  • Yup’ik Eskimo Dictionary – Jacobson, 2nd Ed. (2012) 9781555001155

Alaska Language Sources:

Web

  • Alaska Ethnobotany Program (EBOT) – UAF Kuskokwim Campus

Alaska Native Knowledge Network – UAF:

  • “Atkan Aleut: Atkan Aleut Lexicon” – Bergsland, Dirks (2006)
  • “Deg Xinag: Deg Xinag Learners’ Dictionary” – Anvik Historical Society (2007)
  • “Iñupiaq Language: Kobuk Junior Dictionary” – Alaska Native Language Center (1979)
  • “Koyukon Ethnobotany Database: Koyukon Plant Database” – Hickman (2016)
  • “Pauline Duncan’s Tlingit Curriculum Resources: Picking Berries” – Duncan (1988)
  • “Tanacross Learners’ Dictionary” – Arnold, Holton, Thoman (2006)
  • Unangam Hitnisangin/Unangam Hitnisangis/Aleut Plants – Matthews (2002)

Alaska Native Language Archive – UAF:

  • DICTIONARIES main page
  • A Conversational Dictionary of Kodiak Alutiiq – Leer (1978)
  • Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary – Kari, 1st Ed. (1990) 9781555000356
  • Ahtna Noun Dictionary – Kari, Buck (1975)
  • Aleut Dictionary: Unangam Tunudgusii – Bergsland, 1st Ed. (1994) 9781555000479
  • Alutiiq flora and fauna lists 5 – Leer (1981)
  • Alutiiq plants and foods notes 1 , – Reed, et al. (1973)
  • Anvik Resource Book – MacAlpine (1980)
  • Beginning Tanacross Dictionary – McRoy (1973)
  • “Coastal Ecology and Wild Resource Use in the Central Bering Sea Area” – Stickney (1984)
  • Comparative Athabaskan Plant List – Kari (1980)
  • Conversational Alutiiq Dictionary Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq – Leer (1978)
  • Deg Hit’an Athabaskan Dictionary DRAFT – Kari (1996)
  • Deg Xinag Noun Dictionary DRAFT – Kari (1978)
  • Dena’ina Athabaskan Junior Dictionary – Wassillie (1979)
  • Dinak’i: Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan Junior Dictionary – Collins, Petruska (1979)
  • Edible Plants Used by Siberian Yupik Eskimos of Southeastern Chukchi Peninsula, Russia – Ainana, Zagrebin (2014) 9780985394844
  • English-Tlingit Dictionary: Nouns – Davis (1976)
  • “Ethnobotany of the Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska” Arctic Anthropology – Ager, Ager (1980).
  • “Ethnobotany of the Fort Yukon Region, Alaska” – Holloway, Alexander (1990)
  • Ethnographic material from Anfesia Shapsnikoff – Ransom (1954)
  • Eyak Dictionary DRAFT – Krauss, Ledeuy (2012)
  • Gwich’in Junior Dictionary – Peter (1979)
  • Han Athabascan Dictionary DRAFT – Ritter, de Reuse (2012)
  • Han noun dictionary spreadsheet- de Reuse (2015)
  • Han wordlists – McRoy (1973)
  • Holikachuk Noun Dictionary DRAFT – Kari (1978)
  • Iñupiaq to English Dictionary DRAFT – MacLean (2012)
  • Junior Dictionary for Central Koyukon Athabaskan – Jones (1978)
  • Krauss’ notes on St. Lawrence Island plant names 1 , 3 , 5 , 6 – Koonooka, Jacobson, Krauss (2000)
  • Lower Tanana Athabaskan Dictionary DRAFT – Kari (1994)
  • Lower Tanana plants – Evan, Charlie, Kari (1994)
  • Minto Lower Tanana Athabascan Pocket Dictionary DRAFT – Tuttle, 2nd Ed. (2015)
  • Northway Dictionary for Learners DRAFT – Milanowski 3rd Ed. (2011)
  • Plant names and usage from Traditional Plant Usage by Chugach Natives Around Prince William Sound and on the Lower Kenai Peninsula, Alaska thesis – Wennekens (1985)
  • Plant names in Yup’ik, English and Latin notes- Krauss (1980)
  • Proto-Athapaskan Flora and Fauna – Collins (1974)
  • Salcha: An Athapaskan band of the Tanana River and its culture – Andrews (1975)
  • Some Plant Traditions of the Ahtna Athabaskan – Russell (1998)
  • St. Lawrence Island / Siberian Yupik Eskimo Dictionary (Vol 1) (Vol 2) Badten, Jacobson, et al., 1st Ed. (2008) 9781555000974
  • Upper Kuskokwim and Tanaina mammals, fish, birds, trees and plants lists – Wilson, Osgood (1976)
  • Upper Kuskokwim Athapaskan Dictionary – Collins, Collins (1966)
  • Upper Tanana Ethnobotany – Kari, Kari (1985)
  • Upper Tanana (Tetlin) Dictionary for Learners DRAFT – John, Milanowski, 2nd Ed. (2013)
  • Western Gwich’in Topical Dictionary DRAFT – Garnett, Mueller (1991)
  • Yup’ik Eskimo Dictionary (Vol 1) (Vol 2) DRAFT – Jacobson, 2nd Ed. (2012)

  • Alaska Native Language Center – UAF
  • Alaska Native Languages – Creed, diSuvero, Qiġñaaq Kellie
  • ARLIS – Alaska Resources Library & Information Services:
    • Aleut/Unangax Ethnobotany: An Annotated Bibliography – Veltre et al. (2006)
  • Alaskool – The Alaska Native Curriculum and Teacher Development Project
  • Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association:
    • “Qaqamiiĝux” Curriculum Unit 5 Plants
    • “Glossary / Vocabulary“
  • Alutiiq Museum – Kodiak:
    • “Plant Gallery” – Russell (1990)
  • APUA – Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska – UAF Anthropology
    • “A Western Eskimo Ethnobotany” – Oswalt (1957)
  • Athabascan Woman Blog – Angela Gonzalez, Tanya Yatlin
  • dAXunhyuuga’ eLearning Place – Eyak Language Revitalization Project:
    • “Dictionary: Eyak People” (2021)
  • Dena’ina Qenaga – A resource for the Dena’ina language
    • “Upper Inlet Lessons“
  • Dinak’i | Upper Kuskokwim – UK Athabascan Language Preservation and Revitalization Project:
    • Dinak’i – English Dictionary – Holton (2013)
  • Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute – GTC Dept. of Cultural Heritage:
    • Gwich’in Topical Dictionary – Firth, GSCI, 6th Ed. (2009)
    • Gwich’in Territorial Park Plant Report – Andre, GSCI (1995)
    • Gwich’in Ethnobotany – Andre, Fehr (2002) 9781896337098
  • Historical Collections – Alaska State Library:
    • Iñupiat Eskimo Dictionary – Webster, Zibell (1970)
    • The Aleut Language – Geoghegan (1944) 9780846600398
  • John Smelcer Official Web Site:
    • The Ahtna Noun Dictionary and Pronunciation Guide – Smelcer, Kari, Buck (2016)
    • The Alutiiq Noun Dictionary and Pronunciation Guide – Smelcer (2011)
  • Memrise – London:
    • “Unangam Qiligingin” – Wong, Rauter (2016)
  • Niuwalita Alutiit’stun! Alutiiq Language – Native Village of Afognak
  • Omniglot The Online Encyclopedia of Writing Systems and Languages – Simon Ager
  • Oqaasileriffik /The Language Secretariat of Greenland:
    • “Greenlandic – English” spreadsheet – Lorentzen (1927)
  • Project Jukebox – UAF:
    • A Guide to the Ethnobotany of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Region DRAFT- Jernigan et al.
  • Sealaska Heritage Institute – Juneau:
    • Dictionary of Tlingit – Edwards (2009) 9780982578667
    • Dictionary of Alaskan Haida – Lachler (2010) 9780982578650
    • Dictionary of Shm’algyack – Roberts (2009) 9781440401190
  • The Tower of Babel An International Etymological Database Project – Starostin et al.
  • Unimak Area – Charles Martinson
  • UVicSpace – University of Victoria Libraries:
    • “Appendix 2B. Names of Native Plant Species in Indigenous Languages of Northwestern North America” Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge – Turner (2014) 9780773543805
  • Wikimedia Foundation:
    • “Aimaaġvik” Inupiaq edition of Wikipedia (2021)
    • “Ikirun” Central Alaskan Yup’ik language test – Wikimedia Incubator (2021)
    • “Wikispecies free species directory” (2021)
    • “Wiktionary: The free dictionary” (2021)
  • Yukon Native Language Centre – Whitehorse:
    • “Gwich’in Language Lessons and Learning Resources”
    • “Hän Language Lessons and Learning Resources”
    • “Upper Tanana Language Lessons and Learning Resources”
    • “Tlingit Language Lessons and Learning Resources”
  • “Yupigestun Sangaawa / Ivalghiit Naalkigalnguut” – St. Lawrence Island / Central Siberian Yupik GitHub

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