Athabaskan
Americannoun
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Athabaskans,
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Athabaskan
plural
adjective
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Being good stewards entails changing our relationship with food, said Dune Lankard, founder and president of the Native Conservancy and an Eyak Athabaskan.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2021
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 ● Sep. 27, 2018
Tr’enyaxde is a Minto Athabaskan word for “where we are growing.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 19, 2017
Denali is a native Koyukon Athabaskan word for "the Great One" or "the High One."
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2015
For his native primers, see Pilling, Bibliography of Athabaskan Languages.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Their points of contrast to the Athabaskans indicate it also.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
It had begun to be recognized amongst the Athabaskans.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
To this we may add, that it is the Hudson's Bay territory rather than Canada to which the British Athabaskans belong.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
The divisions and subdivisions of the Athabaskans are as follows:— 1.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
These expatiate upon the difference between members of the same class, so as to separate, not only Caribs from Algonkins, or Peruvians from Athabaskans, but Peruvians from Caribs, and Patagonians from Brazilians.
From The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham
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