Alaska Dictionary (1988), part two

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Pg. 21:  BERING, VITUS; BETHEL; B.I.A.; BIDARKA, BAIDARKA; BILLIKIN

Pg. 22:  BLACK GOLD; BLACK ICE; BLANKET TOSS; B.L.M.; BLUBBER

Pg. 24:  BOAR--Male BEAR; BORE TIDE, BOROUGH.

Pg. 25:  BOTTOMFISH; BOWHEAD WHALE; BREAK-UP

Pg. 27:  BRISTOL BAY; BROWNIE--Brown BEAR; BULL; BULL COOK--Combination janitor, caretaker, handyman, and cook's helper in remote construction or timber camps; BUNNY BOOTS; BUSH

Pg. 28:  BUSH CAUCUS--Coalition of Alaska NATIVE politicians...; BUOY; CABIN FEVER; CACHE

Pg. 30:  CALVE; CAMP ROBBER; CANDLEFISH--Another name for HOOLIGAN...; CANNERY; CARIBOU; CAT SKINNER--Slang term for a Caterpillar tractor driver...

Pg. 33:  CHAIN; CHEECHAKO; CHICKEN; CHILKAT; CHILKOOT PASS/TRAIL

Pg. 35:  CHINOOK; CHIRIKOF, LT. ALEXEI; CHITINA; CHUGACH; CHUM

Pg. 37 CHUTE (shoot); CLAN; CLEAR-CUTTING; COHO

Pg. 39:  COLUMBIA GLACIER; CONSERVATIONIST; COOK INLET; CORDOVA; CORE SAMPLE

Pg. 40:  CORK; CORN SNOW; COW; CRITICAL HABITAT; CUB--Immature BEAR; DALL

Pg. 42:  DALTON HIGHWAY, DAWSON; DELTA BARLEY PROJECT; DENA'INA; DENALI

Pg. 45:  DEVELOPER; DEVIL'S CLUB; DEW (doo) LINE; DILLINGHAM; DIOMEDE ISLANDS

Pg. 47:  DIP NETTING--Type of SUBSISTENCE fishing...; DOG BOX; DOG SALMON--Another name for CHUM salmon...; DOLLY VARDEN--Sea-run trout...; DOUGLAS

Pg. 48:  DREDGE; DRIFTER; DRILLING RIG; D-2 LANDS; DUNGIE--Dungeness crab...; DUTCH HARBOR--ALEUTIAN ISLAND

Pg. 49:  EAGLE; EAR PULL; EAR WEIGHT; EGAN, WILLIAM A>; EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE

Pg. 50:  ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE; ESKIMO; ESKIMO ICE CREAM--Confection popular with NATIVES, made from a mixture of berries, seal oil or other fat and snow whipped together, sometimes with sugar added; called akutak in YUPIK; ESKIMO OLYMPICS

Pg. 51:  EYAK; FAIRBANKS; FIREWEED

Pg. 52:  FISH BURNER--Nickname for a dog, so called because rural NATIVES and other owners of sled dogs often feed their animals large quantities of dried fish;  FISH AND FEATHERS--Nickname for federal and state fish and wildlife management agencies; usually used pejoratively; FISH AND GAME; FISH AND WILDLIFE; FISH TRAP--Now outlawed device once used by canneries to catch millions of SALMON...

Pg. 53:  FISH WHEEL; FLARING; FLOAT; FORAKER; FORGET-ME-NOT; FORT GREELEY

Pg. 55:  FORT RICHARDSON; FORT WAINWRIGHT; FOURTH AVENUE; FREEZE-UP; FROST HEAVE--A break or bump in the road...; FRY

Pg. 56:  FUR RONDY; GANGLINE; GEE--Command to dog team to turn right; GIANT; GILL NETTER

Pg. 57:  GLACIER; GLACIER BAY; GLARE ICE; GOLD PAN; GOLD RUSH

Pg. 58:  GOOD FRIDAY EARTHQUAKE; GRAYLING; GRAZING LEASE; GREAT LAND; GRIZZLY; GRUBSTAKE

Pg. 59:  GRUENING, ERNEST; GUILLOTINE; GULF COAST; GUSSUK--ESKIMO term for a caucasian, sometimes used disparagingly, said to originate from the Russian word "Cossack"; HAIDA

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