Ktunaxa
Location: Canadian Rockies. Two
communities are located in the United States (Idaho and Montana), the other
five communities are in southeast British Columbia.Economy: Today the Ktunaxa live in
reservation communities where they participate in the tourism industry. The
Ktunaxa Teepee Company makes traditional canvas teepees, and they also have a
casinoHistory: Before European contact, the
Ktunaxa lived in teepee’s and traveled throughout the Ktunaxa territory as
hunter/gatherers. They enjoyed dried buffalo meat and fresh salmon as well as
many other sources of food and medicine from the land.
Though this page has been carefully researched, the author does not
claim expertise on the Ktunaxa.
Please send questions, comments, and corrections to emuseum@mnsu.edu and include the web address of this page.
If you are Ktunaxa, your feedback is much appreciated.
Ktunaxa Nation Website http://www.ktunaxa.org/
References:
- Ktunaxa Nation
- http://www.globalvillagemall.com/~1nation/
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