Kootenai
Dam Indians: A Tribal Victory!
The flag of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana was raised over a hydroelectric facility on the Flathead […]
Kootenai
Kootenai Political Organization
The Kootenai (also spelled Kutenai), whose homeland was in the area west of the Rocky Mountains in what is today western Montana, northern Idaho, and […]
Kootenai Origins and Spirituality
The Kootenai (also spelled Kutenai), whose aboriginal homelands straddled the Rocky Mountains and included parts of Western Montana, Idaho, British Columbia, and Alberta, have a […]
Kootenai Fishing and Hunting
The Kootenai (also spelled Kutenai), whose homeland was in the area west of the Rocky Mountains in what is today western Montana, northern Idaho, and […]
First Nations News & Views: This Week – Code Talkers, Slurs and Silencing Native Tongues
Welcome to the third edition of First Nations News & Views. This weekly series is one element in the “Invisible Indians” project put together by […]
The 1855 Hell Gate Treaty
When the United States divided Oregon Territory into Washington Territory and Oregon Territory in 1853, western Montana was included in Washington Territory. President Millard Fillmore […]
Gone-to-the-Spirits, a Kootenai Berdache
( – promoted by navajo) The Columbia Plateau is the geographic region that lies between the Cascade Mountains to the west and the Rocky Mountains […]