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The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Kutenai language: ʔaq̓anqmi [4]) is a federally recognized tribe of Lower Kootenai people. They are an Indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau [ 5 ] based in northern Idaho .
Kootenai is used in Montana and Idaho, including in the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. These two spellings have been used for various placenames on their respective sides of the Canadian-U.S. border, notably the Kootenay River , called the Kootenai River in the United States. [ 7 ]
States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
Gary Aitken Jr., Vice Chairman of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, said tribal leaders have been lobbying for federal intervention for at least 12 years. “It’s been frustrating,” he said.
Jennifer Porter is the current tribal chair of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho. [1] She was born in Navajo Nation in Fort Defiance and is half Navajo and half Kootenai. [2] She replaced her uncle on the Kootenai Tribal Council when she was 23.
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (3 P) Ktunaxa (2 C, 5 P) N. ... Pages in category "Native American tribes in Idaho" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
A Republican lawmaker from Montana blocked a Biden administration judicial nominee who would have been the state's first Native American federal district court judge, officials said Wednesday.
Jul. 19—The Kootenai County Commissioners are considering a request by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe to rezone some 25,000 acres of reservation land to slow development and preserve natural resources.