![]() ![]() They practiced no agriculture at all-and yet for millennia, through all the historical change and dynamism of that vast period, it seems clear that these tribes generally sustained themselves well, and took good care of their homeland. And for almost all of that immense span of time, they lived entirely as hunters, gatherers, and anglers. ![]() K͏ʷem̓t šey̓ še nk̓͏ʷúlex͏ʷ qe sq͏ʷyúlex͏ʷ ɫiʔe l sewɫk͏ʷ…Īnd by that, we were wealthy from the water…įor thousands of years, the Salish and Pend d’Oreille people have inhabited a vast territory that includes the area now encompassed by western Montana. It is there in the water-that is where there were many animals-fish and other things. X̣est es en̓esi.Īll our waters, our creeks were flowing along good. K͏ʷem̓t esyaʔ ye qe sewɫk͏ʷ ye qe nsisy̓etk͏ʷ u x̣est es momoʔop. This land was good.Įsyaʔ, esyaʔ u it cniɫc u es x͏ʷisti ɫu puti tas x͏ʷʔit ɫu suyapi.Įverything, all things were used from the land when there were not many white people. In the beginning, when I saw this land, it was beautiful. Ma ɫu es šʔi ɫu cwičtn y̓e st̓úlix͏ʷ, q͏ʷamq͏ʷmt y̓e st̓ulix͏ʷ. History of Bull Trout and the Salish and Pend d'Oreille People.CSKT | Division of Fish, Wildlife, Recreation, & Conservation
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