Athabaskan
Americannoun
plural
Athabaskans,plural
Athabaskanadjective
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Katchatag, 67, is Native Alaskan — Athabaskan and Iñupiat — from Shaktoolik, a village of about 200 people on a narrow, fast-eroding sand spit on the Bering Sea.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2023
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
Tr’enyaxde is a Minto Athabaskan word for “where we are growing.”
From Washington Times • Apr. 19, 2017
Thousands of chum salmon still swim up the Tanana River every summer to spawn, and the run remains a central cultural event for the indigenous Athabaskan people who live there today.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 21, 2015
For his native primers, see Pilling, Bibliography of Athabaskan Languages.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
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