Atapaska

The Ascohimi Indians’ flood-hero, who arrived on the shores of North America
after some oceanic catastrophe. They relate that the world was deluged as the
result of a powerful earthquake, during which the air became extremely hot,
followed by a prolonged period of intense cold. Their tribal memory accurately
describes a celestial collision of a comet or associated meteoric debris with the
Earth, preceding the aftereffect of a so-called “dust veil event,” wherein thousands
of cubic kilometers of ash are extruded into the atmosphere, blocking sunlight
and drastically lowering world temperatures. Just such a catastrophe connected
with the final destruction of Atlantis and simultaneous close of the Bronze Age
did indeed take place around the start of the 13th century B.C.
The Athabascan Indians of Alaska derived their tribal name from their
Atlantean ancestor, Atapaska.