Flathead (Salish) people

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The Flathead (Salish) people are a Native American tribe of the Interior Salish language family traditionally based in what is now western Montana, known for their rich cultural traditions and historical presence in the northern Rocky Mountain region.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the United States ⓘ
Interior Salish people ⓘ
Native American tribe ⓘ
alternateName Bitterroot Salish ⓘ
linked to: Montana Salish

Flathead people ⓘ
Salish ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages
country United States of America ⓘ
culturalPractice oral storytelling tradition ⓘ
seasonal round of resource use ⓘ
sweat lodge ceremonies ⓘ
tipi dwelling ⓘ
traditional beadwork ⓘ
culturalRevitalization immersion schools for Salish language ⓘ
language preservation programs ⓘ
ethnonymLanguage Salishan ⓘ
governedBy Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Tribal Council ⓘ
hasEthnographicDocumentationBy early American anthropologists ⓘ
historicalEvent Hellgate Treaty of 1855 ⓘ
languageFamily Salishan languages ⓘ
languageSubgroup Interior Salish languages ⓘ
laterReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
neighboringTribe Blackfeet Nation ⓘ
linked to: Blackfoot

Crow Nation ⓘ
Kootenai people ⓘ
notableLeader Chief Charlo ⓘ
Chief Victor ⓘ
partOf Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation ⓘ
populationRegion Montana ⓘ
primaryLocation western Montana ⓘ
recognizedBy United States federal government ⓘ
region Northern Rockies ⓘ
Plateau cultural area ⓘ
reservationLocation northwestern Montana ⓘ
residesOn Flathead Indian Reservation ⓘ
sharesReservationWith Kootenai people ⓘ
Pend d'Oreille (Kalispel) people ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Salish language ⓘ
linked to: Salishan languages
traditionalReligion animism ⓘ
shamanism ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence fishing ⓘ
gathering wild plants ⓘ
horse culture ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Bitterroot Valley ⓘ
Clark Fork River region ⓘ
linked to: Clark Fork River

Flathead Valley ⓘ
northern Rocky Mountains ⓘ
treatyName Treaty of Hell Gate ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Hellgate
treatyResult cession of large portions of traditional territory ⓘ
creation of Flathead Indian Reservation ⓘ
treatyWith United States government ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Indigenous peoples of the Plateau → hasNotableGroup → Flathead (Salish) people ⓘ
Interior Salish peoples → includes → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Treaty of Hellgate → signatory → Bitterroot Salish ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Plateau of western North America → traditionalInhabitants → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Coeur d'Alene people → closelyRelatedTo → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Flathead language → spokenBy → Bitterroot Salish people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Flathead language → spokenBy → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Flathead (Salish) people → alternateName → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Interior Salish languages → spokenBy → Flathead (Salish) people ⓘ
Flathead Indian Reservation → namedFor → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Flathead County → namedAfter → Flathead Native American people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Flathead River → namedAfter → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Flathead → hasAlternativeName → Flathead Indians ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Flathead → hasAlternativeName → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Plateau (North American cultural area) → traditionalInhabitants → Flathead people ⓘ
subject linked to: Plateau
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Kalispel people → relatedEthnicGroup → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people
Pend dʼOreille people → relatedEthnicGroup → Flathead people ⓘ
linked to: Flathead (Salish) people