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.

synonyms: Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapaskan.

A group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir).

synonyms: Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language.