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Kalispel

American  
[kal-uh-spel, kal-uh-spel] / ˈkæl əˌspɛl, ˌkæl əˈspɛl /
Also Pend d’Oreille

noun

  • Kalispels,
    plural
  • Kalispel
    plural
  1. a member of an Indigenous people of Idaho, Montana, and Washington State.


adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of Kalispel

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

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Deane Osterman, executive director of natural resources for the Kalispel Tribe, said its leaders don’t necessarily object to the cryptocurrency mining operation, but they want more information.

From Seattle Times Mar. 20, 2022

"We can't fund any programs without the casino" — no health care, education, law enforcement or fire protection, said Phil Haugen, the chief operating officer of the Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority.

From Fox News May 10, 2020

“We can’t fund any programs without the casino” - no health care, education, law enforcement or fire protection, said Phil Haugen, chief operating officer of the Kalispel Tribal Economic Authority.

From Washington Times May 10, 2020

Entz would like to see the caribou population recovered to the point where Kalispel tribal members could hunt them again.

From The Guardian May 13, 2016

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

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth

It made me think of the marvellous water of McDonald Lake in the Kalispels.

From The Trail of the Goldseekers A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Hamlin Garland

The bulbs were roasted in pits, as by the Indians on the west side of the Rocky Mountains, the Kalispels, and others.

From Blackfoot Lodge Tales The Story of a Prairie People by George Bird Grinnell

When that Father succeeded after many difficulties in accomplishing the long journey from St. Louis in the Mississippi Valley, to the Kalispels in Montana, he reaped a most unexpected harvest of Indian converts.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Ellen H. Walworth

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