Blueberry River First Nations (BRFN) is a signatory of Treaty 8. The treaty was first signed in 1899, and the Nation signed adhesion to Treaty 8 in 1900.
Located 80 km northwest of Fort St. John in northeastern British Columbia, the Nation has both Beaver and Cree cultural groups that exist together, forming one community. Each culture contributes to creating one strong, proud, and determined First Nation.
Ancestors of the BRFN occupied the land from the Rocky Mountains into northwestern Alberta where the Peace River flows for millennia. Fur traders first recorded the Dane-zaa in 1793, although oral stories tell of the people and events long before the arrival of explorers and settlers.
The Dane-zaa “real people” creation story takes us back to the beginning of time. Sky Keeper made the Dane-zaa and everything that came to pass. Water came into being flowing from the creeks and rivers into the big water. He made the land, animals and the big stars in the sky. He gave the Dane-zaa the ability to dream to heaven.
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