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The term "Salish" originated in the modern era as an exonym created for linguistic research. Salish is an anglicization of Séliš, the endonym for the Salish Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. The Séliš were the easternmost Salish people and the first to have a diplomatic relationship with the United States so their name was applied broadly ...
The terms Salish and Salishan are used interchangeably by linguists and anthropologists studying Salishan, but this is confusing in regular English usage. The name Salish or Selisch is the endonym of the Flathead Nation. Linguists later applied the name Salish to related languages in the Pacific Northwest.
Interior Salish (12 C, 25 P) N. Nuxalk (2 C, 19 P) S. Salishan languages (3 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Salish peoples" This category contains only the following page.
Among all Salish, the levirate (a male member of the deceased man's family marries his widow) and the sororate (a female member marries the corresponding widower) was common to secure relations between groups related by marriage. Kinship relationships were always bipartite, and marrying blood relatives was subject to prohibitions.
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation (Montana Salish: Séliš u Ql̓ispé, Kutenai: k̓upawiȼq̓nuk) are a federally recognized tribe in the U.S. state of Montana. The government includes members of several Bitterroot Salish , Kootenai and Pend d'Oreilles tribes and is centered on the Flathead Indian ...
Sustainable reef net fishing is a salmon harvesting technique created and used by Lummi and Coast Salish Indigenous people over 1,000 years. In WA’s northern waters, Lummi keep sustainable ...
The Lower Chehalis (/ ʃ ə ˈ h eɪ l ɪ s / ⓘ shə-HAY-liss) are a Southwestern Coast Salish people indigenous to Washington state.Today, the Lower Chehalis do not maintain a distinct sovereign identity, [1] although people of Lower Chehalis descent are enrolled in several federally recognized tribes, such as the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation ...
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe (Lushootseed: sdukʷalbixʷ) [1] is a federally recognized tribe of Snoqualmie people.They are Coast Salish Native American peoples from the Snoqualmie Valley in east King and Snohomish Counties in Washington state.