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Question 1

There are many toxic look-alikes.

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A Note to the Forage: Please only gather berries and other wild foods that you and an experienced adult can identify beyond a doubt.

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Question 2

Gunalcheesh!

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Question 3

On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, Grandma shows me how to live on the land.

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Question 4

Together we pull hemlock branches from the salty ocean, heavy with herring eggs like tiny stars.

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Question 5

On the beach, we gather ribbons of slippery seaweed dancing in the tide.

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Question 6

By the tumbling, icy falls, we dip our nets for silvery salmon hidden beneath the current.

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Question 7

And in the forest…we pick berries.

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Question 8

Grandma tells me, “We speak to the land…”

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Question 9

“As the land speaks to us,” I say.

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Question 10

The forest sings to us, through misting rain and whoosh of wing, the sweet smell of cedar and the tickle of moss.

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Question 11

We sing too, so the land knows we are grateful.

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Question 12

Grandma tells me, “We take care of the land”

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Question 13

“As the land takes care of us.

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Question 14

Gunalcheesh, I say, giving thanks.

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Question 15

Our ancestors sing to us, their voices dancing, on wind and water.

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Question 16

We sing too, so they know that we’ll always remember.

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Question 17

And we sing for the future, so that all will hear and all will know this beautiful berry song.

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Question 18

Grandma tells me, “We are a part of the land…”

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Question 19

As the land is a part of us, I say.

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Question 20

The ocean sings to us, rolling ashore like a beating drum.

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Question 21

We sing too, so the tides know we are home.

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Question 22

Together, we make salmonberry syrup and cranberry marmalade until the kitchen glows like a summer sky.

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Question 23

We feast on huckleberry pie and strawberry crisp, raspberry scones and freshly whipped soapberries.

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Question 24

We share gifts of blueberry jelly and nagoonberry jam.

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Question 25

“Gunacheesh,” we say, giving thanks.

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Question 26

The nights grow long, edged in frost, as sea fades gently into sky.

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Question 27

The forest is resting, the forest is dreaming

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Question 28

And so the seasons change.

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Question 29

On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, I take my little sister’s hand.

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Question 30

I have so much to show you.

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