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A tribal council was formed in response to the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act.They were the first tribes to organize a tribal government under the act. [10] Under the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975, the tribal council was finally able to begin gradually taking over management of law enforcement, [17] justice, forestry, wildlife, and health and human services ...
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 Reservation.
The people are an Interior Salish-speaking group of Native Americans.Their language is also called Salish, and is the namesake of the entire Salishan languages group. The Spokane language (npoqínišcn) spoken by the Spokane people, the Kalispel language (qlispé) spoken by the Pend d'Oreilles tribe and the Bitterroot Salish (séliš) languages are all dialects of the same language.
Phoenix, AZ: Indian Tribal Series, 1973. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation. Sk"sk"stulex"s Sqélix: Names Upon the Land, a Tribal Geography of the Salish and Pend D'Oreille People. Pablo, MT: The Committee, 1996. Fahey, John. The Kalispel Indians. Civilization of the American Indian series, v. 180.
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Flathead County is located in the U.S. state of Montana and includes the western side of Glacier National Park as well as the northern half of Flathead Lake and includes land that lies within the Flathead Indian Reservation. As of 2024, the population of Flathead County was 111,814. [2]
On the ground, students on the Flathead Indian Reservation in Montana got a firsthand look at the view thanks to Nicole Mann — NASA's first Indigenous woman in space and the spacecraft commander ...
Polson (Montana Salish: nčmqnétkʷ, Kutenai: kwataqnuk [3]) is a city in Lake County, Montana, United States, on the southern shore of Flathead Lake and within the Flathead Indian Reservation. The population was 5,148 at the 2020 census. [4] It is the county seat of Lake County. [5] In 1898 the city was named after pioneer rancher David Polson.