Left: A colorized portrait of Chief Charlo (aka Small Grizzly Bear Claws). Right: Members of the Bitterroot Salish Tribe are shown shortly before they were marched to the Flathead Reservation, leaving behind their ancestral homeland in the Bitterroot Valley.

The Salish “TRAIL OF TEARS”

Left: A colorized portrait of Chief Charlo (aka Small Grizzly Bear Claws). Right: Members of the Bitterroot Salish Tribe are ...

The S&K Difference Video Series – EP 3: The Ksanka (Kootenai) Language Apprentice Program

Greetings! The latest episode in our S&K Difference Video Series is available – featuring the Ksanka (Kootenai) Language Apprentice Program. The Ksanka (Kootenai) Language ...

The S&K Difference Video Series – EP 2: The CSKT Bison Range

Greetings! The latest episode in our S&K Difference Video Series is available – featuring the CSKT Bison Range. The Bison Range, located just ...

The S&K Difference Video Series – EP 1: The Three Chiefs Culture Center

The Three Chiefs Culture Center, located on the Flathead Reservation in Montana, offers an immersive experience into the rich cultures of ...

Nick Lassa (kneeing center, second row) with his teammates, including Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe (fifth from the left, standing behind him). 

The Forgotten Legend of Nick Lassa: CSKT’s Early Connection to the NFL

Photo Caption: Left: Nick Lassa (kneeing center, second row) with his teammates, including Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe (fifth from ...

Andrew Nine Pipe, a Bitterroot Salish man.

Andrew Nine Pipe and the Weather: A Salish Elder’s Story

This story is about Andrew Nine Pipe, a Bitterroot Salish man, who came out of the Bitterroot Valley with Chief ...

S&K Attends Third Annual Beartracks Celebration Powwow

The third annual Beartracks Celebration Powwow occurred on Indigenous Peoples Day, October 14, 2024, in Missoula, MT. S&K attended for ...

Sam Resurrection with his family.

The Resurrection of Sam Kaltomee

Sam Kaltomee was born in 1857 in the Bitterroot Valley of Western Montana, which is located some sixty miles south ...

Medicine Tree in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley.

Honoring Tradition: Salish and Kootenai Members Gather Bi-annually at Sacred Medicine Tree

St. Ignatius, MT – The 1800s brought profound changes to the lives of the Bitterroot Salish and Qlisp’e (Kootenai) people, ...

Salish Delegation in Mission, MT.

Roots of Change: Mohawk Lineage and Mission History in St. Ignatius

St. Ignatius, MT – The 1800s brought profound changes to the lives of the Bitterroot Salish and Qlisp’e (Kootenai) people, ...

NFL History: CSKT member Nick Lassa and the Oorong Indian football team were a crowd favorite in 1922-1923

One of the earliest and most colorful football characters, though largely forgotten, marked the association between and the NFL and ...

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S&K Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries Featured on NBC Spotlight Montana

How did S&K Technologies Inc, and it’s subsidiaries get their start?  Who are the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) ...

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