s u l u s t u: q'ʷiq'ʷay

Thursday, July 09, 2015

q'ʷiq'ʷay

The q'ʷiq'ʷay on the Kalispel Indian Reservation stood close to the road the other day - close enough to get some decent pictures.

Update: My good friend Carole mentioned that these animals are really bison - not buffalo. She has a master's in zoology, so I suppose she is in a position to advise me on these matters. But I really love my buffalo; never did care for bison. Our language is filled with many beautiful misnomers.

In any case, I could not bring myself to call them bison, so I changed the title to Salish: q'ʷiq'ʷay.

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Miss Valerie said...: Beauty to see. Thank you.; 1:06 AM

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Thursday, July 09, 2015

q'ʷiq'ʷay

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