"La Tribu de Dana" is a 1998 song recorded by the French hip hop band Manau, available on their debut album, Panique celtique, on which it features as second track. Released as first single in July 1998, it hit a huge success, particularly in France, topping the singles chart for many months and becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time in that country.

In France, this song created a new style of music, combining French rap and Breton melodies. Verses have hip hop sonorities, while the refrain, very catchy, uses the Breton traditional melody line from Alan Stivell's famous 1970s folk hit "Tri Martolod". Stivell sued the group, but Manau maintained that the song was simply a baseline, and was modified enough to not be considered plagiarism.

Distributed by Polydor, the song was composed by the members of the band : Martial Tricoche, Cédric Soubiron and Hervé Lardic. Lyrics are about the Armorican Breton tribe of Dana — which refers to the name of the Dagna god's daughter — narrating an epic war carried out by this tribe. The story is told by the only survivor of this war, who becomes thus the tribe's king. The tribe of Dana is a group of figures in Irish mythology, also described in L'épopée Celte. See also Danu (Irish goddess).

In 2006, the song was covered by Catherine Lara, Jean-Baptiste Maunier, Natasha St-Pier, Francis Cabrel and Zazie. This version features as 13th track on the album 2006: Le Village des Enfoirés, released on 7 April 2006 by Les Enfoirés.

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