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ATHAPASCAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 827 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ATHAPASCAN , a widely distributed linguistic stock of See also:

North See also:American See also:Indians, the See also:chief tribes included being the Chippewyan, Navajo, See also:Apache, See also:Jicarilla, See also:Lipan, Hupa and Wailaki. The Athapascan See also:family is geographically divided into See also:Northern, Pacific and See also:Southern. The Northern See also:division (Tinneh or Dene) is about See also:Alaska, and the See also:Yukon and See also:Mackenzie See also:rivers,—the See also:eponymous " See also:Athabasca " tribe living See also:round See also:Lake Athabasca, in the See also:province of See also:Alberta in See also:Canada. The Pacific division covers a See also:strip of territory, some 400 m. in length, from See also:Oregon 827 southwards into See also:California. The Southern division includes See also:Arizona and New See also:Mexico, parts of See also:Utah, See also:Colorado, See also:Kansas and See also:Texas, and the northern See also:part of Mexico. The typical tribes are those of the Northern division. See Handbook of American Indians (See also:Washington, 1907).

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