Dane-zaa

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The Dane-zaa are an Indigenous First Nations people of the Peace River region in northwestern Canada, known for their Athabaskan language and rich hunting and trapping traditions.

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Dane-zaa canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan people
First Nations people
Indigenous people
alsoKnownAs Beaver people
Danezaa
Dunne-za
country Canada
culturalPractice dreamers’ prophecy tradition
drumming
oral storytelling
seasonal round of camps
song traditions
culturalTradition hunting
trapping
ethnicGroupOf Canada
governedBy band councils
hasBandGovernment Blueberry River First Nations
Doig River First Nation
Halfway River First Nation
Horse Lake First Nation
Prophet River First Nation
Saulteau First Nations
West Moberly First Nations
historicalInteraction Hudson’s Bay Company
North West Company fur traders
languageFamily Athabaskan languages
linguisticBranch Northern Athabaskan
locatedIn northwestern Canada
mainProvince Alberta
British Columbia
recognizedBy Government of Canada
region Peace River region
relatedEthnicGroup Chipewyan
linked to: Chipewyan people

Dene
Sekani
Slavey
religion Christianity
traditional Dane-zaa spirituality
selfDesignation Dane-zaa
traditionalHousing log cabins
tipis
traditionalLanguage Dane-zaa language
traditionalSubsistence caribou hunting
fishing
fur trapping
gathering wild plants
moose hunting
traditionalTerritory Peace River watershed
linked to: Peace River

northeastern British Columbia
northwestern Alberta
treatyAffiliation Treaty 8

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