Kaska
Americannoun
plural
Kaskas,plural
Kaska-
a member of a group of First Nations of northern British Columbia and southern Yukon Territory.
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the Athabascan language of the Kaska.
Etymology
Origin of Kaska
After the Kaska name for McDame Creek in the Cassiar region of northern British Columbia
Example Sentences
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“We want to know if they’re OK if they’re not there,” Kaska said.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2022
If Misty Kaska hadn’t found a coupon for dinner at the Panda Express in Waco that Wednesday evening, she and her husband would have been in their house when it crumpled and ignited.
From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2017
Daniel Kaska is a legend among the Havasupai for persuading the community to refuse a payout from the federal government in the 1960s when it wanted to keep them off the plateau for ever.
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2017
He is also survived by a brother, Ron, and a sister, Barbara Kaska.
From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2015
Should the eight thousand allies, who had accompanied him from Kaska, and who had plunged him into these difficulties, withdraw, he would be left entirely at the mercy of these fierce warriors.
From Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
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