Here's some green (and red and brown) for St. Patrick's Day! A photo of mine of Mountain Cranberry, Crowberry, Alpine Bearberry, & Spruce Cone, Whitefish Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. ©Carl R. Englander

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Tanacross #Dene #Language #Alaska

saa "sun"
xesaadin'ąą "it's sunny"
xasaaghin’ąą "the sun rose"
nasaaghin'ąą "the sun set"
yitehkaayh "it's starting to become daylight"
natsaa’elxek "it's getting dark"
saa ndéeth "early spring", when days are rapidly lengthening but snowmelt has not started.

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FUSIONZ pres. Revoxx / FLUNKERT @ Arzenal - 13 Mar feat. Revoxx, Johanna Bozai, ädene

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Commonly seen winter birds in eastern Interior Alaska with their rightful Tanacross Dene names. Bird sketches courtesy National Audubon Society. @transitionalaspect @ScoterD

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Tanacross #Dene #Language #Alaska

ch’ěnděddh’ "elder, person of the oldest generation"
tsíiyûul "ancestors"
keey jed "former village" (no longer lived in)
k’ahdą́ą dą́’ą "yesterday"
yaniidą́’ą "long ago"
yaniidą́’ą tah niimaal s̲h̲ax s̲h̲íi ch’e xdeltth’iix "long ago they lived in skin houses"

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