People Before the Park: The Kootenai and Blackfeet Before Glacier National Park

by Sally Thompson, Kootenai Culture Committee, Pikunni Traditional Association

Overview

Step out of a world governed by clocks and calendars and into the world of the Kootenai and Blackfeet peoples, whose traditional territories included the area that is now Glacier National Park. In this book, the Kootenai and Blackfeet tribes share their traditions--stories and legends, foodways and hunting techniques, games and spiritual beliefs. Readers will discover a new respect for the people who were at home in the Crown of the Continent, all around the seasons.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157737450
Publisher:	Montana Historical Society Press
Publication date:	12/22/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Sally Thompson has spent over thirty years working with the Native tribes of the West. Trained as an anthropologist (PhD, University of Colorado–Boulder), she has worked as an archaeologist, ethnographer, and ethnohistorian along the Rocky Mountains and in the Southwest. She has a particular interest in collaborating with tribes to implement unique cultural preservation strategies particular to each tribe or region. Sally lives in Missoula, Montana.

The Kootenai Culture Committee, established in 1975, has as its mission protecting, preserving, perpetuating, and enhancing the language, culture, and traditional life ways of the Kootenai people. The Kootenai Culture Committee is based on the west shore of Flathead Lake, in Elmo, Montana.

The Pikunni Traditional Association represents ceremonial leaders from the Blackfeet Reservation. Its purpose is to assist in keeping a positive and peaceful balance in the circle of life, emphasizing physical, mental, spiritual, and emotional well-being.