Yahgan

[ yah-guhn ]

noun

, plural Yah·gans, (especially collectively) Yah·gan

1. a member of an Indian people of the southern coast of Tierra del Fuego and adjacent islands.
2. the language of the Yahgan.

Example Sentences

Some of the land he now holds once belonged to a number of Yahgan families.

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But the Yahgan did not delight in open warfare or bloodshed.

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These served every need of the Yahgan in the way of cups and basins.

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Among the Yahgan of Tierra del Fuego fishing is left entirely to the women, and this is not at all unusual.

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But there were forms and methods in the marriage negotiations that were dear to the Yahgan heart.

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