athabascan in a sentence

1. Tone arose in the Athabascan languages at least twice, in a patchwork of two systems.

2. Because resources were seasonal, Athabascan men engaged heavily in trade with other communities.

3. The Aleuts fished for salmon and smoked it while the Athabascans, the largest group, lived in the interior and hunted.

4. The Athabascans built winter villages and summer fish camps and lived and traveled in small groups of between 20 and 40 people.

5. Other Athabascan languages, namely those in western Alaska (such as Koyukon) and the Pacific coast (such as Hupa), did not develop tone.

6. Though there was never a permanent Alaska Native settlement at the site of Fairbanks, Athabascan Indians have used the area for thousands of years.