Syesis: Vol. 7, Supplement 1

Nancy J. Turner: Plant taxonomies of Haida, Bella Coola, and Lillooet Indians Plant names in three Pacific Northwest Indian languages—Haida (Skidegate and Masset dialects), Bella Coola, and Lillooet (Fraser River "dialect")—were analysed semantically and taxonomically. A computerized sorting system was developed to handle pertinent information associated with these names and their corresponding plant types. At the present time, each language contains an average of about 150 generic-level plant n