GC2T1ZEMondo's NAT # 062 - Athapascan Family
Type: Traditional
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By: mondou2@
| Hide Date: 04/11/2011
| Status: Available
Country: United States
| State: Colorado Coordinates: N39° 58.113 W104° 54.162 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Native American Tribe Series.Athapascan Family
The most widely distributed of all the Indian linguistic families of North America, they formerly extending over parts of the continent from the Arctic coast far into north Mexico, from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson Bay at the north, and from the Colorado River to the mouth of the Rio Grande at the south. The languages which compose the Athapascan family are plainly related to each other and, because of certain peculiarities, stand out from the other American languages with considerable distinctness. Phonetically they were rendered harsh and difficult for European ears because of series of guttural sounds, use of tone, many continuants, and frequent checks and aspirations. The name Athabaskan was assigned by Albert Gallatin in his 1836 classification of the languages of North America.
The wide differences in physical type and culture and the differences in language point to a long separation of the family, certainly covering many centuries. The Athabaskan family is conventionally divided into three groups based largely on geographic distribution: Northern Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, and Southern Athabaskan. Northern Athabaskan was spoken in the northern part of North America, particularly in Alaska and the Yukon and included 31 languages. The Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages were spoken in southern Oregon and northern California and included seven different languages. The Southern Athabaskan languages were spoken primarily in the Southwest, including including Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, and Sonora, Mexico. These languages were spoken by various groups of Apache and Navajo peoples.
03/29/2019 By scavengerhunting It was my mom's birthday today, and she wanted to go geocaching for the day! It was a bit cold today with the rain and wind, but we managed to get 46 of our 56 cache goal. We had to get the last 10 the next day. TFTC!
09/26/2018 By cjcacher01 Too close to private property now for my liking. TFTC!!!
09/26/2018 By mona01 Found. In an ever increasingly over populated area
07/15/2018 By Joe Friday Out with OneKindWord today trying to earn the Hidden Creatures Souvenirs. with 100 finds today. TFTC's
07/14/2018 By OneKindWord Headed out with Joe Friday today with the goal of finding at least 100 caches to earn the Hidden Creatures souvenirs. It was a hot day, but we got it done. Almost all of the caches were quick finds, with containers in good shape and well maintained logs. Not sure how we had so many unfound caches about a half hour from home, but glad we did as it allowed us to get the souvenirs fairly easily. Thanks for all of the fun placements!
06/28/2018 By Scaber I visited the Brighton area a few days ago in order to cache in a new area and get a good start on the hidden creatures challenge. Thank you for placing this series and helping to keep our recreation going.
04/04/2018 By SGT red jeep I needed to work up an appetite for dinner so I looked for a park that had geocaches placed around it. On my map this looked like a nice green spot that would be Public Access to it. Woe to me it's a golf course and a gated community that looks mostly hostile to wayward Travelers coming into their areas to enjoy the trails. After finding a place to park though I did search the perimeter a little bit and found a few geocaches.
Mondo's NAT # 062 - Athapascan Family
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In the sign (6.50 kms SW)
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