The Salishan languages are a group of languages of western Canada and the Pacific Northwest of the United States. They are characterised by astonishing consonant clusters (the Nuxalk word for "make it big!" is /Lk°'tX°/ (SAMPA /l\kw'tXw/)) and agglutinativity.
Salish is a term that refers to a number of languages of the Salishan family. It usually refers to a Salish language which does not have a true self-designation, such as Thompson River Salish and Interior Salish. Other Salish languages, such as Klallam, Saanich, Nuxalk, Nootka, Nooksack, Squamish and Lushootseed, are referred to by name.
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Ethnologue classification for Salishan (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_family.asp?subid=1725)
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation are the Bitterroot Salish, Kootenai and Pend d'Oreilles Tribes.
The Salish (Flatheads) initially lived entirely east of the Continental Divide but established their headquarters near the the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains.
Isaac Stevens, the new governor and superintendent of Indian affairs for Washington Territory, was intent on obtaining cession of the Bitterroot Valley from the Salish.
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