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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.
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 Strait of Georgia and Puget Sound were officially united as the Salish Sea in 2010. The Coast Salish cultures differ considerably from those of their northern neighbours. One branch, the Bella Coola, feature a patrilineal, not matrilineal, system. [6] As a whole, the Coast Salish tribes generally have both a matrilineal and patrilineal ...
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 ...
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.
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.
The Cowlitz Indian Tribe is headquartered in Longview, Washington.The tribe is governed by a democratically elected board of tribal council members. Salish is commonly spoken by the tribe.
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).