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Kit Lessons

Introducing Salmon: From Fry to Egg

Filium morte multavit si sine metu contineret, saluti prospexit civium, qua intellegebat contineri suam atque in liberos atque

Sink or Float: How a Net is Used to Catch Fish

Student’s learn how a net is used to catch fish.

What is Commercial Fishing?

Student’s learn what commercial fishing means and vocabulary associated with commercial fishing.

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

Summer

Shan

Kiak

Kiak

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