Kootenai Tribe of Idaho

Kootenai Tribe of Idaho
ʔaq̓anqmi
Bonners Ferry on the Kootenai River
Total population
150[1]
Regions with significant populations
 United States ( Idaho)
Languages
English, Kutenai, English[2]
Religion
Indigenous tribal religion, Sun Dance religion
Related ethnic groups
other Kootenai people, Interior Salish people, Kalispel people[3]

The Kootenai Tribe of Idaho (Kutenai language: ʔaq̓anqmi[4]) is a federally recognized tribe of Lower Kootenai people. They are an Indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau[5] based in northern Idaho.

They are one of five federally recognized tribes in Idaho. The others are Coeur d'Alene, Nez Perce, Shoshone-Bannock, and Duck Valley Indian Reservation (Western Shoshone-Northern Paiute). They have 150 enrolled citizens.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Kootenai Tribe of Idaho". Upper Columbia United Tribes. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Kutenai." Ethnologue. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference ihb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ First Voices—Ktunaxa Home Page: About Us www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Ktunaxa/Ktunaxa/Ktunaxa
  5. ^ Pritzker 263