Kalispel

[ kal-uh-spel, kal-uh-spel ]

noun

, plural Kal·i·spels (especially collectively) Kal·i·spel

1. a member of an Indigenous people of Idaho, Montana, and Washington State.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Kalispel or their language.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Kalispel¹

First recorded in 1850–55; from Kalispel (an Interior Salish language) kalispel “camass”; camass ( def )

Example Sentences

May we not then justly claim for her a share in the success of that Kalispel mission?

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This was the only small Kalispel camp that I had as yet met in my journeys.

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We met in the course of that day with only one family, and that was of the Kalispel tribe.

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I found myself during this trip a second time amongst the Kalispel tribe.

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The Kalispel are the same tribe as the Pend d'Oreille, see ante, p. 141, note 8.

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