Definitions of Athapaskan
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a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
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synonyms:
Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan language
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Apache
the language of the Apache
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Navaho, Navajo
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Navaho
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Hupa
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Hupa
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Mattole
the Athapaskan language spoken by the Mattole
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Chipewyan, Chippewaian, Chippewyan
the language spoken by the Chipewyan
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Chiricahua Apache
an Apache language
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San Carlos Apache
an Apache language
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type of:
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American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian
any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
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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
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synonyms:
Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan
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examples:
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Cochise
Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
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Geronimo
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
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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
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Chipewyan
a member of the Athapaskan people living in western Canada between Great Slave Lake and Hudson Bay
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Hupa
a member of the Athapaskan people of the Trinity River valley in California
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Mattole
a member of the Athapaskan people living in northwestern California
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Navaho, Navajo
a member of an Athapaskan people that migrated to Arizona and New Mexico and Utah
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type of:
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American Indian, Indian, Red Indian
a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
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Cochise
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