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Learn how to talk about fall cranberries in our September 2020 Native word of the month. Hąį’ęę to Allan Hayton for the translation.

Trahkyaa = High bush cranberries

Khaiits’a’ dai’, trahkyaa lei kwaii tr’aahtsii. = In the fall time we pick lots of high bush cranberries.

Gwich’in

For more translations, view our Native word of the month archives on the Foundation website.

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