Danezaa people

Also known as Dane-zaa, Beaver, Dunne-za, Tsattine

The Dane-zaa (ᑕᓀᖚ, also spelled Dunne-za, or Tsattine) are an Athabaskan-speaking group of First Nations people. Their traditional territory is around the Peace River in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Today, about 1,600 Dane-zaa reside in British Columbia and 270 of them speak the Dane-zaa language. Approximately 770 Dane-zaa live in Alberta.

Key facts

Ethnic group.group: Dane-zaa
Ethnic group.native_name: ᑕᓀᖚ
Ethnic group.image: Beaver chief and family Peace River area Alberta NA-1440-8.jpg
Ethnic group.caption: Dane-zaa chief and family, Peace River area Alberta, 1899, Glenbow Museum
Ethnic group.total: 1,700
Ethnic group.total_year: 2016 census
Ethnic group.popplace: Canada
Ethnic group.region1: British Columbia
Ethnic group.pop1: 890 (2016)
Ethnic group.region2: Alberta
Ethnic group.pop2: 770 (2016)
Ethnic group.langs: English, Dane-zaa
Ethnic group.rels: Christianity, Indigenous religion
Ethnic group.related: Tsuu Tʼina
Ethnonym.people: Dane-ẕaaᑕᓀᖚ
Ethnonym.language: Dane-ẕaa Ẕáágéʔᑕᓀᖚ ᖚᗀᐥ
Ethnonym.country: Dane-ẕaa nanéʔᑕᓀᖚ ᓇᓀᐥ,Denendehᑌᓀᐣᑌᐧ