Athabaskan

DEFINITIONS OF: Athabaskan

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; Apache
the language of the Apache; Navaho, Navajo
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho; Hupa
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa; Mattole
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole; Chipewyan, Chippewaian, Chippewyan
the language spoken by the Chipewyan; Chiricahua Apache
an Apache language; San Carlos Apache
an Apache language

Type of:: American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

Examples:: Cochise
Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874); Geronimo
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; Apache
any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma; Chipewyan
a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay; Hupa
a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California; Mattole
a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California; Navaho, Navajo
a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah

Type of:: American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived

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