Kalispel
Americannoun
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Kalispels,
plural
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Kalispel
plural
adjective
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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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Allrise last year outbid the Kalispel Tribe at a bankruptcy auction for $18.1 million.
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
“There’s not an entity on the Kalispel Tribe’s reservation that hasn’t been positively impacted by casino revenues since Northern Quest opened in 2000,” said Curt Holmes, a Tribal Council member.
From Washington Times ● May 10, 2020
“We agree that Canada has the largest role in recovery,” said Entz, the Kalispel tribal resource manager.
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
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
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
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