Athabaskan

American  

[ath-uh-bas-kuhn] / ˌæθ əˈbæs kən /

Also Athapaskan

noun

PLURAL

Athabaskans,

PLURAL

Athabaskan

1. older spelling of Athabascan.

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adjective

1. Athabascan.

Example Sentences

In Alaska, the Athabaskan peoples have long dealt with brutal, protracted winters by preserving produce and freezing meats.

From New York Times

She wanted to collect genetic samples from speakers of Athabaskan languages, who range from some Alaska Native groups to the Navajo Nation and the Apache in the U.S.

From Science Magazine

Bill Erasmus of the international Arctic Athabaskan Council, which represents indigenous Athabascan governments in the U.S. and Canada, said climate change and economic stability were the most important issues in the region.

From Los Angeles Times

The attendant is Athabaskan — Alaska Natives who have lived in this area for maybe 7,000 years, predating by a few millennia the barbaric Greeks who sacked Troy in “The Iliad.’

From Washington Post

There were, of course, plenty of stores selling Alaska souvenirs, including Native goods — arts and crafts from indigenous Alaskan cultures like the Inupiat, Aleut and Athabaskan peoples.

From New York Times