What doe the word iditarod means?

Answer 1

1. Iditarod is an important dogsled race that is ran annually on the Iditarod Trail.
2. The word iditarod may be derived from the Athabaskan haiditarod, meaning "far distant place"
3. Iditarod is a name of a mining district, and a river, in Alaska.
4. Depending on who you ask, three different definitions exist - take your pick!

Following the 1973 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an article published in the Anchorage Times, by sports writer Gordon Fowler, stated the following:

"Iditarod means clear water and was named by the Shageluk Indians for the Iditarod River."

This quote came from one of the Anchorage papers during the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race:

"The word comes from the Ingalik Indian word Haiditarod that was the name for the river on which the town was built. It means distant place."

And this one comes from James Kari, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Native Language Center in 1979:

"The name Iditarod came from an Ingalik and Holikachuk word hided hod for the Iditarod River. This name means distant or distant place. This word is still known by elders in the villages of Shageluk, Anvik, Gray ling and Holy Cross."If you want to learn more go to this website below.

• www.iditarod.com/learnhistory.html

the word iditarod means:an annual dogsled compitition run on 1,160 miles p.f the iditarod nation historic trail,from anchorage to. nome, alaska

Answer 2

1. Iditarod is an important dogsled race that is ran annually on the Iditarod Trail.
2. The word iditarod may be derived from the Athabaskan haiditarod, meaning "far distant place"
3. Iditarod is a name of a mining district, and a river, in Alaska.
4. Depending on who you ask, three different definitions exist - take your pick!

Following the 1973 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, an article published in the Anchorage Times, by sports writer Gordon Fowler, stated the following:

"Iditarod means clear water and was named by the Shageluk Indians for the Iditarod River."

This quote came from one of the Anchorage papers during the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race:

"The word comes from the Ingalik Indian word Haiditarod that was the name for the river on which the town was built. It means distant place."

And this one comes from James Kari, Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Native Language Center in 1979:

"The name Iditarod came from an Ingalik and Holikachuk word hided hod for the Iditarod River. This name means distant or distant place. This word is still known by elders in the villages of Shageluk, Anvik, Gray ling and Holy Cross."If you want to learn more go to this website below.

• www.iditarod.com/learnhistory.html

the word iditarod means:an annual dogsled compitition run on 1,160 miles p.f the iditarod nation historic trail,from anchorage to. nome, alaska

Answer 3

The following came from one of the Anchorage papers during the 1983 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: The wordcomes from the Ingalik Indian word, Haiditarod, which was the name for the river on which the town was built. Itmeans "distant place"