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Kaska

noun
Kas·ka | \ˈkaskə\
plural Kaska or Kaskas

Definition of Kaska 

1a : an Athapaskan people of the Liard river valley of the Yukon and British Columbia

b : a member of such people

2 : the language of the Kaska people

— called also Nahane

— see montagnard

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