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Fall Unit

Salmon

Kit Lessons

Where Do Salmon Live?

Where Do Salmon Live?

Children will learn about salmon habitat.

Salmon Senses

Salmon Senses

Children will learn how salmon find their way back to their breeding grounds.

The Girl Who Swam with The Fish

The Girl Who Swam with The Fish

Children will learn about the salmon lifecycle and how to keep a proper fish camp.

Native Language — Relevant Vocabulary

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English

Dena'ina

Sugt'stun

Yu'pik

01 – One

Ts’ełqi

All'inguq

Atauciq

02 – Two

Nutiha

At'uukuk

Malruk

03 – Three

Tuq’i

Pingaun

Pingayun

04 – Four

Dink’i

Staaman

Cetaman

05 – Five

Ch’qilu

Talliman

Talliman

06 – Six

K’uzhcheni

Arwinlen

Arvinlegen

07 – Seven

Qents’eghyi

Mallrungin

Malruungin

08 – Eight

łtaqil’i

Inglulen

Inglulgen

09 – Nine

łq’ich’idi

Qulynguyan

Qulnguyan

10 – Ten

Hluzhun

Qulen

Qula

Boat

Vargus

Palutaq

Palayaq

Lake

Vena

Nanwaq

Nanvaq

Ocean

Nuti

Imaq

Imarpik

River

K’etnu

Kuik

Kuik

Salmon

łeq’a

Amartuq

Sayak

Related Alaska Children’s Literature

We Are Water Protectors

By: Carole Lindstrom

Go Home, River

By: James Magdanz

S is for Salmon

By: Hannah Viano

Salmon Boy: Shanyaa’kutlaax

By: Baby Raven Reads

The Gift

By: Kristine Franklin

The Girl Who Swam with the Fish: An Athabascan Legend

By: Michelle Renner

The Life Cycle of Salmon

By: Bobbie Kallman

Traditional Food Guide for Alaska Native People

By: Various Authors