While in Alaska, Dick and Gayle Powell met a researcher who was studying the Alaskan Tlingit (kling-kit) tribe. The researcher was fascinated with the health of the tribe and noted that they had no words for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and other common diseases in their vocabulary.
Kyäni means "Strong Medicine" in Tlingit.
Hvorfor har de medisin i vokabularet men ingen sykdommer? Trenger jo ikke medisin i vokabularet om man aldri er syk.