Here is your October Native Word of the Month in Deg Xinag! Thank you to our translator, Edna Deacon of Grayling!
Q’elgesr = black willow (young)
Q’elgesr nihałtrith = Whipping the black willow*
* People would whip the willow as they were walking; it makes a whistling sound and is considered protection.
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