Danezaa people
Sign in to saveThe 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
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Danezaa governments
- Treaty 8 Tribal Association
- North Peace Tribal Council (NPTC)
- Western Cree Tribal Council
- References
- External links
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.
Europeans historically referred to the Dane-zaa as the Beaver.