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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Statements (51)

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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