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'''Alternate Names:''' Bitter Root Salish<br>'''Ancestral homeland:''' Western Montana and parts of northern Idaho, British Columbia, and Wyoming | '''Alternate Names:''' Bitter Root Salish<br>'''Ancestral homeland:''' Western Montana and parts of northern Idaho, British Columbia, and Wyoming | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The first recorded contact between the Flathead or Salish Tribe and non-Indian explorers occurred in 1806 when the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through what was later to become Montana. | The first recorded contact between the Flathead or Salish Tribe and non-Indian explorers occurred in 1806 when the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through what was later to become Montana. | ||
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*'''1872:''' Ceded additional land | *'''1872:''' Ceded additional land | ||
*'''1890-1891:''' Removed from Bitter Root Valley to Jocko Reservation | *'''1890-1891:''' Removed from Bitter Root Valley to Jocko Reservation | ||
*1853: United States terminates its relationship with the sovereign nations of Flathead by the U.S. Congress under House Concurrent Resolution 108. | |||
*'''1980:''' population of Flathead Reservation 3,771 | *'''1980:''' population of Flathead Reservation 3,771 | ||
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==== Correspondence and Census ==== | ==== Correspondence and Census ==== | ||
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