Nation
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes · confederated salish and kootenai tribes · cskt · Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation · Ksanka · Séliš-Ql̓ispé · Bitterroot Salish · Kootenai · Upper Pend d’Oreille · Selis-QlispeConfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
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- Official name
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation
- Recorded status
- Listed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (91 FR 4102, January 30, 2026)
- Region
- Montana
In the record
This nation carries the history of Séliš (Bitterroot Salish), Kootenai (Kutenai) and Pend d'Oreille in the treaty record. Land has come back: National Bison Range restored to CSKT.
Written from the records linked here; open any of them for its sources. This is what the United States’ treaty record says, not the nation’s own account.
The record over time
Circles are land the United States recorded as ceded, sized by acres and colored by how it was taken. Bars are treaties, broken promises, court cases and land returns.
Names
Each name shows where it comes from. A nation’s own name is shown as the nation writes it.
Self-names
- KsankaKtunaxa
- Séliš-Ql̓ispéSalish
Peoples within this name
Land recorded as ceded
This nation carries the history of peoples named in Royce’s schedule. Their record:
- Treaty or agreement11 million
- Treaty under documented pressure17 million
Estimate from Royce’s maps; overlapping cessions counted once. Not a survey or legal measure.
3 cessions. Follow Séliš (Bitterroot Salish) through the years on the map
Who is doing the work
Working with these nations
- Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) Nation government National Bison Range restoration (about 18,800 acres) Website
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
Gifts go straight to each organization; this atlas takes nothing. Listing is not endorsement: how organizations are listed.
Connections
These links were matched automatically by name or date and have not yet been reviewed by a person.
Carries the treaty history of 3
Includes 3
Governed by 1
Named in 1
Sources
- cskt.org/unclassified
Séliš-Ql̓ispé Culture Committee Ksanka Culture Committee
- Indian Entities Recognized by and Eligible To Receive Services From the BIA, 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026)primary record
Listed in 91 FR 4102 (Jan. 30, 2026).
- cskt.org/our-story/unclassified
This name reflects the union of three distinct tribal nations: the Bitterroot Salish, the Upper Pend d’Oreille (Ql̓ispé), and the Kootenai (Ksanka) people.
Research notes
From org-cskt.
- Kind
- Nation
- Confidence
- Medium
- Nation review
- Not yet reviewed by this nation