Kutenai

American  

[koot-n-ey, -n-ee] / ˈkut nˌeɪ, -nˌi /

Or Kutenay

noun

1. a member of a North American Indian people of British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho.

2. the language of the Kutenai Indians.

3. Kootenay.

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Example Sentences

South of the home of the Kutenai, in eastern Oregon, southern Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and neighboring regions dwelt the Utes and other Shoshoni tribes.

From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth

The Kutenai tribes lived near the corner where Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia now meet.

From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth

At least, my Piegan informants asserted that the Kutenai had the sun dance from them.

From The Sun Dance of the Blackfoot Indians by Wissler, Clark

Even today the lower Kutenai are noted for their water-tight baskets of split roots.

From The Red Man's Continent: a chronicle of aboriginal America by Huntington, Ellsworth