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 an estimated half of them speak the Dane-zaa language. Approximately ...

Tsattine are the original people who lived in northwestern Alberta (and adjacent areas) before the disruptions of the colonial era. There are several Tsattine clans, but social structures have been strongly affected by colonial policies and impacts.

Tsattine Nisk’a (Beaver Peoples' Land): Preserving and Revitalizing Beaver Knowledge in Northwestern Alberta

This is an English translation of one of their tribal names, Tsattine, which means "beaver people." In their own language they call themselves Dane or Dunne, which means the people, but since many different Athabascan languages share similar words, they often call themselves Dane-Zaa or Beaver Dene to differentiate themselves from their kinfolk.

We are Tsattine (Beaver) people working alongside settler academics to revitalize Tsattine culture in the Peace region of northwestern Alberta. We seek to better understand the history of bison hunting and human-animal relationships in northern Alberta as one way to understand the history of colonization and to promote healing.

An Athapascan tribe, belonging to the Chipewyan group, inhabiting the northern shares and eastern hays of Great Slave lake, Mackenzie Dist., Canada. They were said by Mackinzie in 1789 to live with other tribes on Mackenzie and Peace rivers.

Signifying "dwellers among the beavers." Also called: Beaver Indians, English term derived from their own name. Connections. The Tsattine belonged to the same branch of the Athapascan family as the Sekani and Sarcee. Location. On the prairies south of Peace River and east of the Rocky Mountains and on the upper part of Peace River. History.

(Tsattine, Dane-zaa) Entries: 2 Last update: 20/01/2020 Compiled by Thanos Kouravelos Goddard, P. E. 1916 The Beaver Indians. Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 10(4):201-293. Natcher, D. C. 2019 Subsistence, regional planning and the cultural carrying capacity of First Nations in Alberta, Canada. ...

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 an estimated half of them speak the Dane-zaa language. Approximately ...

The Dane-zaa (ᑕᓀᖚ, also written as Dunne-za or Tsattine) represent an Athabaskan-speaking community of First Nations individuals. Their ancestral lands encompass the region surrounding the Peace River in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada.