atla-annotated:

Yakone’s name

It took darkpuck and me a bit to hunt down a source that is not a baby-names website. ‘Red Aurora” is confirmed, but I cannot find any legit source for ‘Blood on Snow’.

As a funny side note: The University of Alaska Fairbanks website lists Yakone as a dog name.

Yakone means ‘Red Aurora’ in the language of the

Ahtna Athabascan

The Athna live along the Copper River basin in south-central Alaska. The words below are taken from the Ahtna Noun Dictionary, compiled by Mildred Buck and James Kari.