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            ᐁ ᐧᐊᓇᐦᐄᒑᓅᐦᒡ
            
            
snaring and trapping
        
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             ᐋᐦᑎᑯᑖᐤ  aahtikutaau
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            it hangs in a different place, it moves as it hangs, the snare has been moved by the animal
        
        
                        
             ᐃᔅᐱᐦᑖᔅᑯᓲ  ispihtaaskusuu
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            the animal is caught in the trap during the day, soon after the trap is set
        
        
                        
             ᐱᐦᐳᐧᐃᑎᐧᐋᔑᒫᐤ  pihpuwitiwaashimaau
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            s/he sweeps it (anim) back and forth over the snow, grass to remove excess water from fur
        
        
                        
             ᐲᒋᔅᒑᐧᐋᐤ  piichischaawaau
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            it (anim, animal) is lean, weak because it had been running hard, fighting snare or trap for a long time
        
        
                        
             ᑳᔅᑲᑐᐧᐁᐤ  kaaskatuweu
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            s/he/it (anim) brings bad luck to a hunter by eating the wrong part of an animal (ex a dog who eats beaver bones means trapper will no longer kill beaver)
        
        
                        
             ᐸᐹᒨᑌᐤ  papaamuuteu
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            s/he travels around, s/he goes around carrying it on her/his back (ex traps)
        
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            ᓂᑑᐦᐅᐧᐋᑲᓐᐦ    (N:20 S:17)            
            
            
trapping and snaring tools   
            
            
   
             
        
        