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1. 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
   - Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabascan
    
2. A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
   - Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language

Derived forms: Athabaskans

Type of: American Indian, American-Indian language, Amerind, Amerindian language, Indian, Red Indian

Encyclopedia: Athabaskan