Kootenai group near tipis (ca 1900)
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation are the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai and Pend d'Oreilles Tribes. They lived between the Cascade Mountains and Rocky Mountains and were called the Flathead Indians by the first white men who came to the Columbia River. The name is often said to derive from the flat skull produced by binding infant's skulls with boards. However, this is a misnomer because the tribes never practiced head flattening. In fact, the tribes which did called the Salish "flat head" because the tops of their heads were flat and not pointed. The Flatheads call themselves "Salish" meaning the people. Kootenai group near tipis (ca. ...
Kootenai group near tipis (ca. ...
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The Pend dOreilles tribe is one of three tribes of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana. ...
Mount Adams in Washington state The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanos called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ...
Rocky Mountain National Park (photo courtesy of NPS) The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ...
Columbia River Gorge, Washington or North side Geography The Columbia River is the largest river in volume flowing into the Pacific Ocean from North America. ...
The writen record of the tribes is from their meeting with the Lewis and Clark expedition (September 5, 1805). They also appear in the records of the Catholic Church at St. Louis, to which they sent four delegations to request missionaries (or "Black Robes") to minister to the tribe. Their request was finally granted and a number of missionaries including Peter De Smet, S.J., were eventually sent. The tribes negotiated the Treaty of Hellgate with the United States in 1855. Under the terms of the treaty the tribes agreed to be resettled on the current Flathead Reservation pending a survey to see if the Bitterrot Valley was not a more suitable location (Article XI). As the survey was never conducted, a band of Salish under Chief Charlot refused to relocate, and held out in the Bitterroot Valley until 1891.
The tribe has about 6,800 members. 4,000 tribal members currently live on the Flathead Reservation and 2,800 tribal members live off the reservation. 1,100 Native Americans from other tribes and over 10,000 non-Native Americans also live on the reservation. As the first to organize a tribal government under the Indian Reorganization Act of 1936 they are governed by a tribal council. The tribal government offers a number of services to tribal members and is the chief employer on the reservation. The tribes operate a tribal college, the Salish-Kootenai College (SKC) and a heritage museum called "The People's Center" in Pablo, MT. The tribes own and jointly operate a valuable hydropower dam called Kerr Dam. Energy in water can be harnessed and used,Water sucks!!!!!in the form of motive energy or temperature differences. ...
Scrivener Dam, Canberra Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood event A dam (a common Teutonic word, compare to Dutch dam, Swedish and German damm, and the Gothic verb faurdammjan, to block up) is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow...
Kerr Dam is located at River Mile 72 of the Flathead River at the end of Flathead Lake near Polson, Montana. ...
Geography
Aboriginal Lands The peoples of these tribes originally lived in the areas of Montana, parts of Idaho, British Columbia and Wyoming. The original territory was comprised of 20 million acres (81,000 km²) at the time of the 1855 Hellgate Treaty. State nickname: Gem State Other U.S. States Capital Boise Largest city Boise Governor Dirk Kempthorne Official languages none Area 216,632 km² (14th) - Land 214,499 km² - Water 2,133 km² (0. ...
Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th) - Land 925,186 km² - Water 19,549 km² (2. ...
State nickname: Equality State Other U.S. States Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Governor Dave Freudenthal Official languages English Area 253,554 km² (10th) - Land 251,706 km² - Water 1,851 km² (0. ...
Salish Men Near Tipis (1903 Flathead Reservation, MT) Salish Men Near Tipis (1903 Flathead Reservation, MT) Title: Salish men on July 4th stand by tepees near St. ...
Salish Men Near Tipis (1903 Flathead Reservation, MT) Title: Salish men on July 4th stand by tepees near St. ...
Reservation Lands The Flathead Reservation in northwest Montana is over 1.3 million acres (5,300 km²) in size. The Flathead Indian Reservation is located in western Montana, it is home to the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai and Pend dOreilles Tribes - also known as the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation (1). ...
State nickname: Treasure State Other U.S. States Capital Helena Largest city Billings Governor Brian Schweitzer Official languages English Area 381,156 km² (4th) - Land 377,295 km² - Water 3,862 km² (1%) Population (2000) - Population 926,865 (44th) - Density 2. ...
The Tribal Council represents eight districts.
Arlee is a census-designated place located in Lake County, Montana. ...
Dixon is a census-designated place located in Sanders County, Montana. ...
Elmo is a census-designated place located in Lake County, Montana. ...
Hot Springs is a town located in Sanders County, Montana. ...
Pablo is a census-designated place located in Lake County, Montana. ...
Polson is a city located in Lake County, Montana. ...
Ronan is a city located in Northwest Montana in Lake County, Montana on the Flathead Indian Reservation about 12 miles south of Flathead Lake. ...
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Culture - Languages
- Historical Sites
- Archaeology
The Salishan languages are a group of languages of western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ...
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External Links - Official site of the Confederated Tribes (http://www.cskt.org/index.html)
- Treaty of Hellgate (1855) (http://www.cskt.org/documents/helgatetreaty.pdf)
- Lewis and Clark expedition journal entry (http://www.nps.gov/jeff/LewisClark2/TheJourney/NativeAmericans/Salish.htm)
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