ATHABASCAN

or Athabaskan; also Athapaskan or Athapascan noun Etymology: Athabasca, a Cree band, from Cree dialect aδapaskaw, name for the area east of Lake Athabasca, literally, (where) there are reeds one after another Date: 1846 a family of American Indian languages spoken primarily in western Canada, Alaska, and the United States Southwest, a member of a people speaking an ~ language