Also called Bitterroot Salish. a member of an Indigenous people of northwest Montana.
a member of a confederated nation of Salish and Kootenay peoples, established in 1855 and located in northwest Montana.
a member of the Chinook people.
First recorded in 1825–35; flat 1 + head
First recorded in 1530–40; so called from their supposed practice of binding infants' heads to create a longer, flatter skull shape; the peoples currently known as Flatheads did not engage in this custom
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Fish species affected included largemouth bass, black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, flathead catfish, and stocked species such as brown trout and rainbow trout.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2026
Executive Director Chris Woodley says these ships catch and process fish at sea, including yellowfin sole, rock sole, flathead sole, Atka mackerel, Pacific Ocean perch and Pacific cod.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
The record was previously held by a 78-pound flathead hooked in the Cape Fear River in September 2005.
From Fox News ● Jul. 28, 2020
It is a craftily truncated version of the real-life rivalry of the mid-60s, and structurally it’s as sound as a flathead V8.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2020
I found the widest flathead screwdriver and then stuck it in the waistband of my khaki shorts, cinching my belt tight.
From "Paper Towns" by John Green
Since 2000, Flathead County’s population has grown 55% to 115,000, with a pandemic-era bump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Yes, the event is meant to feature Flathead Valley in the greater Montana and celebrate all the great things that are going on there, which are all 100% unique.
From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2024
An indictment publicly released on Wednesday alleges that they killed birds on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana and elsewhere.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2023
A Native American boarding school school in the town of St. Ignatius on the Flathead Reservation was open until at least 1973.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023
And I just kept imagining there was some Flathead Indian grandma in the kitchen, just making fry bread for all the room-service people.
From "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" by Sherman Alexie
Channel catfish is good on stinkbait, cut bait, and live bait for flatheads.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 2, 2019
He upgraded his boat and tackle specifically for a better shot of catching monster blues and flatheads on rod and reel on the big water.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
His bait of choice is live bluegill for the more predatory flatheads.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
Catfish - flatheads in particular - have become celebrities of sorts in recent years thanks to mainstream fishing shows such as “River Monsters” and “Hillbilly Handfishin’.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 22, 2014
There were plenty of ninnies and flatheads who believed this man as if he had been an oracle.
From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth
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