Beaver Indians: Also known as Tsattine, the "dwellers among the beavers." Cousins to the Slavey, Chipewyan and Sarcee, who all speak similar, Athapaskan-rooted languages, the Beavers originally inhabited a vast territory between the present-day Alberta – Saskatchewan border and the Peace River. However, the Cree drove them west, aided by the firearms that the Europeans brought to the new world. Subsequently, the Beaver peoples hunted game (moose being a dietary staple) throughout the Peace River country, extending as far as the Rocky Mountains. They were known as exceptional hunters and, although they had a reputation as being a peaceful people, were not lacking in skill when war became necessary. The Beaver peoples, their numbers wracked by disease and starvation, were the last band to sign Treaty 8 in May, 1900.
 Indians who lived in the Fairview area. This registered Beaver Indian Reserve Cemetery contains the graves of 28 Dunne-Za who died in the great flu epidemic of 1918. There are also a number of other unmarked grave sites scattered throughout the old Beaver Indian Reserve.
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