The Dane-zaa (ᑕᓀᖚ, also spelled Dunne-za, or Tsattine) are an Athabaskan-speaking group of First Nations people.

The historic usual English term Beaver is a translation of the name used by several of their neighboring tribes.

Due to their trade with settlers, they had guns and they pushed the Dane-zaa northwest in the late 18th century.

[3] The Peace River, before and after its new name, marked a boundary zone, where groups met for trade, celebration, and settling of disputes.

Doig oral history confirms that the ancestors of present Dane-zaa families were in the upper Peace River area prior to the first contact by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793.

Traders provisioned their expeditions with bison meat and grease provided by the Dane-zaa in their hunting on the rich prairies of the upper Peace River area.

Today they continue to have a strong cultural and economic presence in the North Peace area.