Salish
Salish Native North American tribe, formerly occupying an area in w Montana; they later moved to the Flathead Lake region. They gave their name to one of the major language families of the Native Americans. Today c.3,000 Salish occupy several reservations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
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