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4 unusual facts about Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation


Ktunaxa Nation

the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, an organization comprising the governments of the Ktunaxa people of Montana and Idaho and the Selisch people

Kuilix

Women of both the Pend d'Oreilles and the related Flathead tribe took an active role in warfare, frequently entering battle and joining dances while dressed as warriors.

Marengo, Washington

It began in the early 1850s as a settlement by Louis Raboin, a Metis from Illinois, along with his Flathead wife and their six children.

Native American women in the arts

As Ellen Neel was becoming nationally renowned for her carving work, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (Flathead Salish) was still in high school, completing a correspondence art course from Famous Artists School.


Pamela Uschuk

She has also taught at Greenhaven Maximum Security Prison for Men in upstate New York and in Native American schools on the Salish, Sioux, Assiniboine, Northern Cheyenne, Flathead, Blackfeet, Crow, Tohono O'odham and Yaqui nations.

Sioux San Hospital

The Native Americans from the Sioux, Cheyenne, Shoshone, Arapaho, Crow, and Flathead tribes were forced into the government institution to be taught the white man's way of life.

Western Montana

Western Montana was originally inhabited by the Salish, Kootenai, Shoshone, Flathead, and Kalispel people.


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