Saskatoon berries and leaves at Frame Lake in Yellowknife, NWT

• Main Author: Campbell, Sandy
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Speqpeq7úw̓i (Secwepemc or Shuswap); Sugar pear; Serviceberries; Amelanchier alnifolia (lat); Petites Poires (fre); June berries (United States name); Misakwatōminatik (cre); Ki jie (chp); Msāskwatuwmin (cre); Indian pear (old name); Saskwatoomina (cre); Misaskatoomena (cre); Plants - Northwest Territories; Country food - Northern Canada - Photographs; Medicinal Plants - Northern Canada; K'ęàjie (Dene); Saskwatōmin (cre); K'eedzii (Tlicho); Shadberries; Wild fruit - Northern Canada; Saskatoon berries - Yellowknife; NWT; Traditional food; K’ñjíé (xsl); Photographs; Canada; Indian; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife
• Online Access: https://era.library.ualberta.ca/items/b529c662-941b-4b86-9994-29830571652d; https://doi.org/10.7939/R3MN00

Saskatoon berries grow across Northern Canada and are used both as a food source and as a traditional medicine. The berries start out green and are a deep purple when they are ripe.