The Beaver are an Athapaskan-speaking people of NE B.C. and NW Alta. In the article on the Beaver in the Hdbk. of N. Amer. Indians (VI.356) is a photo of a woman dreamer named Áma or Emma Skookum (born c1873, died c1967). Assuming the name is of CJ origin (which seems likely, given her status), it's come quite a long distance. Alan