Background Knowledge
Reliable Websites




History



Books

Books for History- District Resource Center has.

Challenge to Survive History of the Salish Tribes of the Flathead Indian 

Reservation Unit I Pre-1800 From Time Immemorial:

 Traditional Life Unit II 1800-1840 Three Eagles and Grizzly Bear Looking Up Period

 Unit III 1840-1870 Victor and Alexander Period

 The Lower Flathead River Flathead Indian Reservation ◊ Provides accurate tribal history of the Salish tribes of the Flathead Indian Reservation. Funding for this project came from the Montana Legislature in 2005 with appropriation of funds to tribal colleges to write their own tribal history to assist in the implementation of Indian Education for All. 

How a Young Brave Survived told by Adeline Mathias; Salish Kootenai College Press, 1986.  This story is about the experience of a Kootenai youth during the 18th century.

Story of Grizzly Bear Looking Up, illustrated by Antoine Sandoval; Npustin Press, 2008

The story of a young Salish boy who survived the 1780’s smallpox epidemic and later became a tribal leader.

The Buffalo of the Flatheads (Salish), told by Pete Beaverhead, Eneas Pierre, Louise Vanderburg, Agnes Vanderburg, Illustrated by Dwight BilleDeaux, 1981

Coyote and the Man Who Sits on Top (Salish), told by Johnny Arlee and illustrated by Tony Sandoval, 1978

Coyote and the Mean Mountain Sheep (Salish) told by Johnny Arlee and illustrated by Tony Sandoval, 1978

Reprinted by the Montana Office of Public Instruction, 2009

Media

With Love from Indian Country- Julie Cajune

Corwin Clairmont-Salish Artist

 

 




Lesson Plans
Oral Stories- To be told during winter months when snow is on the ground. Do not tell these stories at any other time.

Tony Incashola- Oral story video

Books:
The Story of the Bitterroot- Johnny Arlee
Beaver Steals Fire, a Salish Coyote Story
How Marten Got His Spots and Other Kootenai Indian Stories
Coyote Stories of the Montana Salish Indians
Ktunaxa Legends
Owl's Eyes and Seeking a Spirit: Kootenai Indian Stories


DVD's:
Native Peoples and Fire in the Northern Rockies




Games


Science



Seasonal Round

Salish Calendar- Kim has a copy


Seasonal Round provided by Tim Ryan- Salish, Kootenai, Pend d' Oreille
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