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Swan people: A study of the Dunne-za prophet dance
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This volume presents some of the myths and oratories of the Dunne-za or Beaver of the upper Peace River. The first section offers a discussion of how the Dunne-za adapt the prophet tradition common to northwestern Native peoples to a nomadic hunter lifestyle while the second presents a collection of mythic and oratorical texts.
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