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The 'Dunneza' (also 'Dunne-za', 'Dane-zaa','Beaver', 'Tasttine') are a First Nation of the Athapaskan language group, whose traditional territory is around the Peace River of Alberta, Canada. About 1000 Dane-zaa live in British Columbia as part of Doig River First Nation, Blueberry River First Nation, Halfway River First Nation and Prophet River First Nation communities.
Prior to 1800 they inhabited lands further east, near the Athabasca and Clearwater Rivers, and north to Lake Athabaska. In the 1700s, this area was opened to fur trading. The Chippewa, a powerful people to the east of the Dunneza, had become highly dependent on the European goods and the maintenance of a trade monopoly with the traders. To maintain their proximity and influence, the Chippewa moved with the traders westward into the Athabasca, forcing the Dunneza north and west from their lands to those near the Peace River. By 1800, the Dunneza had relocated to this new territory. They were formerly known as the Beaver Tribe. In 1899, many Dunneza communities signed Treaty 8 with the government of Canada.

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Language

Sounds

Consonants

Vowels

External links

Bibliography

Language

Sounds

Consonants

Dunneza has 35 consonants:

		Bilabial	Labio-velar	Post-dental	Alveolar		Post-alveolar	Velar	Glottal
					central	lateral
'Stop'	unaspirated							Listen
	aspirated
	ejective
'Affricate'	unaspirated
	aspirated
	ejective
'Nasal'
'Fricative'	voiceless
	voiced
'Approximant'

Vowels

Dunneza has 10 phonemic vowels.

		Front	Central	Back
'High' (full)
'Less-high' (reduced)
'Mid' (full)	oral
	nasal
'Less-low' (reduced)
'Low' (full)

Two vowels contrast oral and nasal qualities.

External links

★ Doig River First Nation

★ Map of Northwest Coast First Nations (including Dunneza)

★ Beaver page on First Nations Languages of British Columbia site, with bibliography

★ Living In A Storied Land Royal British Columbia Museum

★ The Dane-Zaa Living Landcape of Northeastern BC Royal British Columbia Museum

Bibliography

★ Cook, Eung-Do; & Rice, Keren (Eds.). (1989). ''Athapaskan linguistics: Current perspectives on a language family''. Trends in linguistics, State of-the-art reports (No. 15). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 0-89925-282-6.

★ Story, Gillian. (1989). Problems of phonemic representation in Beaver. In E.-D. Cook & K. Rice (Eds.), ''Athapaskan linguistics: Current perspectives on a language family'' (pp. 63-98). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.