Athapascan

/ ˌæθəˈpæskən; ˌæθəˈbæskən /

noun

1. a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
2. a speaker of one of these languages

Word History and Origins

Origin of Athapascan¹

from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds

Example Sentences

On the north, Quoratean tribes extended to the Athapascan territory near the Oregon line.

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This ancient Athapascan alliance is another link in the chain connecting the Kiowa with the far north.

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Merriam deviated from Kroeber very widely in his tribal names for the Athapascan groups.

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For the three remaining northern Athapascan tribes we possess very little data of a strictly ethnographic character.

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Above them were the Upper Umpqua villages, of the Athapascan stock.

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