Ch´eix´ - Thimbleberry - Glacier Bay Ethnobotany

These raspberry look-alikes are delicious when vibrant red.

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Ch´eix´
Thimbleberry

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The velvety-textured berry of ch’eix’ feels strange on the tongue of the uninitiated, but the Huna Tlingit relish the flavor of this thimble-shaped berry when it ripens in August. Wild berries added natural sweetness to the Tlingit diet centuries before the arrival of processed sugar.