Athapascan
Britishnoun
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a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
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a speaker of one of these languages
Etymology
Origin of Athapascan
from Cree athapaskaaw scattered grass or reeds
Example Sentences
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Savage and most of the smart money favored George Attla, a lame, one-eyed Athapascan Indian from Fairbanks, Alaska.
From Time Magazine Archive
This Athapascan Indian points to her childhood in the small village of Rampart and her success in the state legislature as examples of her experience with Alaska's varied cultures.
From Time Magazine Archive
North and west from the Algonquins and Huron-Iroquois were the family of tribes belonging to the Athapascan stock.
From The Dawn of Canadian History : A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada by H. H. (Hugh Hornby) Langton
Her low position is illustrated by the peculiar funeral custom of the Takulli, an Athapascan tribe on the Upper Frazer River.
From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Ellsworth Huntington
The Athabaskan or Athapascan family of Indians may be found anywhere between Alaska and Manitoba, and some of the more unsettled or enterprising tribes have even wandered as far as the Mexican boundary.
From Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America by H. W. G. Hyrst
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