Athapascan

Athapaskan Athabascan or Athabaskan (ˌæθəˈbæskən)

/ (ˌæθəˈpæskən) /

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noun

a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho

a speaker of one of these languages

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Word Origin for Athapascan

from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds

Words nearby Athapascan

Athanasian, Athanasian Creed, Athanasius, at hand, athanor, Athapascan, Atharva-Veda, at heart, atheism, atheist, atheistic

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How to use Athapascan in a sentence

On the north, Quoratean tribes extended to the Athapascan territory near the Oregon line.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico|John Wesley Powell
This ancient Athapascan alliance is another link in the chain connecting the Kiowa with the far north.
Calendar history of the Kiowa Indians. (1898 N 17 / 1895-1896 (pages 129-444))|James Mooney
Merriam deviated from Kroeber very widely in his tribal names for the Athapascan groups.
The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California|Sherburne Friend Cook
For the three remaining northern Athapascan tribes we possess very little data of a strictly ethnographic character.
The Aboriginal Population of the North Coast of California|Sherburne Friend Cook

Above them were the Upper Umpqua villages, of the Athapascan stock.
Indian Linguistic Families Of America, North Of Mexico|John Wesley Powell