Kaska
Americannoun
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Kaskas,
plural
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Kaska
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a member of a group of First Nations of northern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territory.
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the Athabascan language of the Kaska.
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Kaska
After the Kaska name for McDame Creek in the Cassiar region of northern British Columbia
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“We want to know if they’re OK if they’re not there,” Kaska said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2022
If Misty Kaska hadn’t found a coupon for dinner at the Panda Express in Waco that Wednesday evening, she and her husband would have been in their house when it crumpled and ignited.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 10, 2017
Daniel Kaska is a legend among the Havasupai for persuading the community to refuse a payout from the federal government in the 1960s when it wanted to keep them off the plateau for ever.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2017
He is also survived by a brother, Ron, and a sister, Barbara Kaska.
From New York Times ● Sep. 8, 2015
The province was called by the name of Kaska, and was probably the same as that occupied by the Kaskaskias Indians.
From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
Orpheus, with eye-filling Jones settings, gave a comparative youngster, yellow-haired Contralto Anna Kaskas, a chance to let loose as the hero.
From Time Magazine Archive
He then entered into a minute detail of the adventure of Kaskas with regard to the pearls.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
It was natural for Kaskas to gratify his landlord's curiosity by the relation of his adventures, and he recounted them with such an air of candour as to leave no doubt of their truth.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
Kaskas, shocked with a prophecy so contrary to his own inclination, attempted to prove the prediction false.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
Kaskas was much ashamed of the precautions which he had taken, and of the suspicions which he had allowed himself to entertain.
From Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers by L. (Laura) Valentine
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