Athabaskan languages - Wikipedia The four spellings— Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan, and Athapascan —are in approximately equal use Particular communities may prefer one spelling over another (Krauss 1987)
Athabaskan Nations - Indigenous People Athabaskan or Athabascan (also Dene, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athabasca Indians or Athapaskes) is the name of a large group of closely related indigenous peoples of North America, located in two main Southern and Northern groups in western North America, and of their language family
Athabascan Culture in Alaska Athabascan territory ranges from the Brooks Range in northern Interior Alaska to Cook Inlet in Southcentral Alaska, and from Norton Sound in the west to the Canadian border in the east and beyond There are 11 distinct languages among the varying groups of Athabascans
Alaskan People: Alaska Athabascan Tribe There are 229 federally recognized Alaskan villages and five unrecognized Tlingit Alaskan Indian tribes The Athabascan people call themselves ‘Dena,’ or ‘the people ’ They speak eleven different languages The Athabascan people traditionally lived along five Alaskan rivers: the Yukon, the Tanana, the Susitna, the Kuskokwim, and the Copper River
Athapaskan Indians - The Oregon Encyclopedia The Athapaskans lived in the valleys on the Rogue and Illinois rivers, where the land is steep and mountainous, and along the northern California and southern Oregon coasts Many made their homes along the Coquille and Umpqua Rivers
Athabascan Cultures - Alaska Natives Athabascan Indians live in interior Alaska and have the largest land base of any other Alaska Native group The Athabascan are efficient hunters and fishers and the moose, caribou, salmon and the birch tree are the most important resources These provide food, clothes and shelter
Athapascan Family - Legends of America Albert Gallatin assigned the name Athabaskan to the language in his 1836 classification of the languages of North America The vast differences in physical type and culture, as well as the differences in language, point to a long separation of the family, likely spanning many centuries
Athapaskans Arrive in the Southwest - EBSCO In the American Southwest today there are seven recognized Southern Athapaskan (Apachean-speaking) groups: Navajo, Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Kiowa-Apache, Lipan, Mescalaro, and Western Apache The term Apachean includes Navajo and Apache peoples, as opposed to Apache, which excludes the Navajo