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- proper noun An
Athabascan language of Alaska.
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Examples
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Our review of The Trap didn't mention it, but the jacket flap does claim that the author is "of Ahtna Athabaskan descent," which apparently he isn't, although his adoptive parents are Indian.
White man speaks Roger Sutton 2008
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Our review of The Trap didn't mention it, but the jacket flap does claim that the author is "of Ahtna Athabaskan descent," which apparently he isn't, although his adoptive parents are Indian.
Archive 2008-02-01 Roger Sutton 2008
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When he judged that enough fuel had been transferred from the drums to the trucks tank to merit, at the $3.41 per gallon for diesel fuel he had last seen on an Ahtna pump, the definition of theft as provided for in the Alaska statutes, specifically 11.46.100, he said, Shall we?
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She drove out to Costco and spent an hour loading up two carts with dry and canned goods, and made arrangements to have them palleted and sent to a warehouse in Ahtna that shipped into the Park.
A Taint in the Blood Stabenow, Dana 2004
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On the ground in Niniltna, she endorsed her paycheck from Old Sam and handed it to George, who would take it to the bank in Ahtna.
A Taint in the Blood Stabenow, Dana 2004
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A day later it was in Ahtna, and by then the road into the Park had dried out enough to grade.
A Grave Denied Stabenow, Dana 2003
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“I had to write a check and have that pilot guy fly it into Ahtna and cash it for me at the bank and bring the cash back.”
A Grave Denied Stabenow, Dana 2003
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He was from Ahtna, and Ahtna knew all about Chopper Jim Chopin.
A Grave Denied Stabenow, Dana 2003
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She spent the next week on the Internet and the phone, talking to suppliers in Anchorage and a trucking firm in Ahtna that boasted enough vehicles for her purposes.
A Grave Denied Stabenow, Dana 2003
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This time Old Sam pulled a string — Dinah suspected the driver was an old drinking buddy of his — and the grader stationed at the state highway maintenance facility outside Ahtna led the parade, and a parade it was.
A Grave Denied Stabenow, Dana 2003
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