Athabascan Indians
a linguistic stock of North American Indians, extending from British North America and Alaska to Mexico, who derive their name from Lake Athabasca in British North America. The locations of this Indian family are best given under three groups: Northern, Pacific and South- (1) The Northern group includes ATHARVANA States of Washington, Oregon, and California, to which regions they migrated upon the advent of the white man.
Among the tribes of this division are Chasta Costa, Kaltserea tunne, Hupa, Chetco, Kenesti, Kwatami, Kwalhiokwa, Micikqwutme, Mikono tunne, Owilapsh, Qwinctunnetun, Teceme, Naltunne, Saiaz, Tcetlestcan tunne, Tolowa, Glatakanai, Yukitce, and Tutu. (3) The Southern group, which is the best known, is composed of the various Apache, Navajo and Lipan tribes, who inhabit Oklahoma, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. The number of these Indians is about 30,000.