Definitions
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
Athabascan . - proper noun Alternative spelling of
Athabascan . - noun Alternative spelling of
Athabascan .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
- noun a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
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Examples
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And before the Spanish arrived, the Uto-Aztecan and Athapascan linguistic and cultural groups dominated this area, and there are still quite a few people who speak languages from those groups in the area.
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Asintmah, the first woman of the Athapascan peoples of Western Canada and Alaska, was midwife to Mother Earth.
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In reality, the practice actually extended from the Dene or northern Athapascan tribes all the way to the Aztecs of ancient Mexico and beyond.
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Even the northwest Athapascan-speaking tribes in Canada who otherwise had little in the way of organized religion were nevertheless strongly shamanistic.
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Even the northwest Athapascan-speaking tribes in Canada who otherwise had little in the way of organized religion were nevertheless strongly shamanistic.
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In reality, the practice actually extended from the Dene or northern Athapascan tribes all the way to the Aztecs of ancient Mexico and beyond.
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Getting the words right: perspectives on naming and places in Athapascan oral history.
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First comes the _Athapascan_ stock, whose range extends from Hudson Bay westward through British America to the Rocky
French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson
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Athapascan and Takelman tribes were commonly designated collectively as Rogue River Indians.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Yakonan, Kusan, Takelman, and Athapascan -- formerly holding the whole coast country of Oregon from within a few miles of the Columbia southward to the California border, extending inland to the main divide of the coast range, together with all the waters of Rogue
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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