C, S & K

Flathead Reservation

The People's Center Gift Shop, Museum Gallery & Native Ed-ventures

Play traditional Indian games, or enjoy a river float or scenic boat tour on Flathead Lake, the largest fresh water lake west of the Mississippi River. Remember how to listen and appreciate the sound of the wind through the trees and revisit your relatives, the animal people; the bear, bison, eagle and deer on a Natural History tour of the Reservation. Hear our perspectives on natural resource management from a tribal point of view. Learn about the issues facing the Tribes today as we look forward to seven generations of creating a sustainable lifestyle.

Native Edventure Programs and Services: "A Walk Through Time", "History, Heritage & Culture", Pow-wows, Traditional Encampment, Customized Itineraries, Coach Services, Meeting & Conference Planners.

A visitor participating in one of these programs will receive a basic historical, cultural and natural history perspective on the people of the Salish, Kootenai and Pend d'Orielle Tribes. Your Native American Interpretive Guide will share some of the history, culture and natural environment of our people who were the first caretakers of this land. We as descendants continue to try and preserve, protect, perpetuate and enhance the cultures and landscapes of this area.

Box 278 Eagle Award Winner

53253 Highway 93 W.

Pablo, Montana 59855

Phone: (406) 675-0160

Fax: (406) 675-0260

tours@peoplescenter.org

www.peoplescenter.org

Salish & Kootenai Tribal Council

Salish and Kootenai Tribal Council

PO Box 278

Pablo, MT 59855

Phone: (406) 675-2700

Fax: (406) 675-2806

Website: http://www.cskt.org/index.html

Historic Preservation Department

Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
Tribal Preservation Department
PO Box 278
Pablo, MT 59855
406.675.2700 ext. 1075 phone
406.675.2629 fax
E-mail: preservation @cskt.org

Indian Preference Businesses

Listing of C, S & K Tribes Tribally-recognized Indian Preference Businesses

Tribal College

Salish Kootenai College

P.O. Box 70

Pablo, MT 59855

(406) 275-4800

Motels & Resorts

Link to listing of local Motels & Resorts

Tribal Newspaper

Char-Koosta News

http://www.charkoosta.com/

FLATHEAD RESERVATION PROFILE

LOCATION AND LAND STATUS:

Situated in western Montana south of Kalispel and north of Missoula, the Flathead Reservation is 60 miles long and 40 miles wide. The towns of Polson, Pablo, Ronan, and St. Ignatius are on the reservation.

CULTURE AND HISTORY:

The reservation was founded when representatives of the Salish, the Kootenai and the Pend d’Oreilles Indians signed the 1855 Hellgate Treaty, ceding some 20 million acres of ancestral land to the U.S. government and retaining title over 1.3 million acres as their homeland. In 1904, land parcels within the reservation were allotted to Indians and others; since the 1940s the resident tribes have been buying back reservation lands so that 60% is now tribally owned. In 1993, slightly less than half of reservation residents were tribal members.

GOVERNMENT:

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes have a tribal council with a tribal chairperson, an executive treasurer, an executive secretary, and an internal auditor. There are committees for health and human services, the Job Corps center, the tribal court, law and order, the Head Start program, education, forestry, and natural resources.

Tribal Profile -- Tribal Data Resources®




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