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The Nlakaʼpamux or Nlakapamuk [2] (/ ɪ ŋ k l ə ˈ k æ p m ə / ing-klə-KAP-mə; [3] Salishan: [nɬeʔképmx]), also previously known as the Thompson, Thompson River Salish, Thompson Salish, Thompson River Indians or Thompson River people, and historically as the Klackarpun, [4] Haukamaugh, Knife Indians, and Couteau Indians, are an Indigenous First Nations people of the Interior Salish ...
Category: Interior Salish. 1 language. ... Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (1 C, 4 P) I. Interior Salish languages (10 P) Interior Salish people (5 C, 7 P) N.
The Interior Salish languages are one of the two main branches of the Salishan language family, the other being Coast Salish. It can be further divided into Northern and Southern subbranches. The first Interior Salish people encountered by American explorers were the Flathead people (Selish or seliš).
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 ...
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.
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.
Isle-de-Pierre, name conferred by the French Canadian employees of the fur companies, meaning "rock island", perhaps for a band of the tribe. Middle Columbia Salish, so called by Teit (1928) and Spier (1930 b). Sa'ladebc, probably the Snohomish name. Suwa'dabc, Snohomish name for all interior Indians, meaning "inland people," or "interior people."
Peru has 15 isolated tribes within the region. Many tribes have violent welcomes for modern society. Trace discusses some of the world's most isolated tribes and why some groups are worried about ...