Download or read book Swan people written by Robin Ridington and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.