Serviceberry or Juneberry bush, Amelanchier alnifolia. paˀaníx̣ana wɨslak̓ʷskí kkáasuki ‘they used to make arrows from the Juneberry bush’. For the fruit see ččáa. [NE kkáaššway; NW kayásuwaaš; NP kikeyesáway /kkeye-s´way/.]
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Serviceberry or Juneberry bush, Amelanchier alnifolia. paˀaníx̣ana wɨslak̓ʷskí kkáasuki ‘they used to make arrows from the Juneberry bush’. For the fruit see ččáa. [NE kkáaššway; NW kayásuwaaš; NP kikeyesáway /kkeye-s´way/.]