Dunneza

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The Dunneza (also Dunne-za, Beaver, Tasttine) are Athapaskan Aboriginal peoples whose traditional territory is around the Peace River of Alberta, Canada.

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.

Contents 1 Language 1.1 Sounds 1.1.1 Consonants 1.1.2 Vowels 2 External links 3 Bibliography

[edit] Language

[edit] Sounds

[edit] Consonants

Dunneza has 35 consonants:

		Bilabial	Labio-velar	Post-dental	Alveolar		Post-alveolar	Velar	Glottal
					central	lateral
Stop	unaspirated	p			t			k
	aspirated				tʰ			kʰ
	ejective				t’			k’	ʔ
Affricate	unaspirated			ʦ̪	ʦ	tɬ	ʧ
	aspirated			ʦ̪ʰ	ʦʰ	tɬʰ	ʧʰ
	ejective			ʦ̪’	ʦ’	tɬ’	ʧ’
Nasal		m			n
Fricative	voiceless			s̪	s	ɬ	ʃ	(x)	h
	voiced			z̪	z	ɮ	ʒ	γ
Approximant			w				j

[edit] Vowels

Dunneza has 10 phonemic vowels.

		Front	Central	Back
High (full)		i		u
Less-high (reduced)		ɪ		ʊ
Mid (full)	oral	e		o
	nasal	ẽ		õ
Less-low (reduced)			ɜ
Low (full)			a

Two vowels contrast oral and nasal qualities.

[edit] External links

• Map of Northwest Coast First Nations (including Dunneza)
• Beaver page on First Nations Languages of British Columbia site, with bibliography

[edit] 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.

First Nations in Alberta

Alexander • Alexis Nakota Sioux • Athabasca Chipewyan • Beaver • Beaver Lake Cree • Bigstone Cree • Chipewyan Prairie • Cold Lake • Dene Tha' • Driftpile • Duncan's • Enoch Cree • Ermineskin Cree • Fort McKay • Fort McMurray • Frog Lake • Heart Lake • Horse Lake • Kainai • Kapawe'no • Kehewin Cree • Little Red River Cree • Loon River • Louis Bull • Lubicon Lake • Mikisew Cree • Montana • O'Chiese • Paul • Piikani • Saddle Lake • Samson Cree • Sawridge • Siksika • Smith's Landing • Stoney • Sturgeon Lake • Sucker Creek • Sunchild • Swan River • Tallcree • Tsuu T'ina • Whitefish Lake (Atikameg) • Whitefish Lake (Goodfish) • Woodland Cree