Question for you "Natives"

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

 
Did not mean to scare you, not another "bashing" thread 
I am just curious, we all call Elk, Rocky mountan Elk, Roosevelt Elk, or Wapiti, or Cervous Elaphus Canadius, or Roosevelti, whatever..
I know that Wapti comes from (supposedly) Shawnee, or Cree (Waapiti) meaning "white Rump" 
But what did the coastal "First People" call the Roosevelt ?
They (you) had to have your own word/name for the animal.

[JimmyHoffa]

disclaimer---not indian
I've been told multiple times that the indian word around the northern OP for elk was elwha.  Hope it helps...

[boneaddict]

Steak

[DIYARCHERYJUNKIE]

I know sheeety hunter is pronounced vegetarian by Indians. 

[mazama]

If there were elk on the westside than why were the Roosevelts planted,my fatherinlaw can remember when they first showed up in sw wa.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

[runamuk]

well you had to ask now when I am not taking a northwest native american anthropology class and had about 5 or 6 different tribes represented to ask 

[dreamunelk]

If there were elk on the westside than why were the Roosevelts planted,my fatherinlaw can remember when they first showed up in sw wa.

WRONG!  Elk were not planted.  Roosevelt are native to coastal Washington.  Market hunting and settlers almost wiped them out.  There were hold outs in the unlogged areas and some elk were brought in from the OP and released in Pacific county.  Reportedly some Rockys were released in the Puget trough.   Roosevelts are know to have been here for at least 3000 plus years.  The reason why they came back was strict laws that made elk hunting illegal for several years.  It is amazing how some rumors persist even though there is a preponderance of evidence to prove them false!

Chinook jargon (trade language) - Moolack, Mooluck,   

[hoytem]

des-chu is the athabaskan word

[Coastal_native]

We say slix-ee-um (not sure of the spelling)

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

We say slix-ee-um (not sure of the spelling)

What about translation ? (wouldn't be "white rump")

[PlateauNDN]

Steak

    Since you asked the Coastal guys I'm not going to answer but we have several different words for elk, then one for deer and it's a generalized word that can mean deer and/or elk in general.

[fillthefreezer]

disclaimer---not indian
I've been told multiple times that the indian word around the northern OP for elk was elwha.  Hope it helps...

curious how that plays into the elwha river and not to be forgotten i see rosies in the fields next to it almost every time up there...

[Special T]

I love Indian threads! It really cool some of the things you get to learn. 

[PlateauNDN]

Well while some of the other members were up chasing turkeys for the opener lots of Tribal Members were up in the mts. gathering roots and for me and my family it was the season opener for gathering roots.  Here's some pics of the kids out digging and some pics of the tops of the plants.