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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bonners_Ferry_along_Kootenai_River_th.jpg/375px-Bonners_Ferry_along_Kootenai_River_th.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Bonners_Ferry_along_Kootenai_River_th.jpg/500px-Bonners_Ferry_along_Kootenai_River_th.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Bonners_Ferry" class="mw-redirect" title="Bonners Ferry">Bonners Ferry</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Kootenai_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kootenai River">Kootenai River</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Total population</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">150<sup id="cite_ref-ucut_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucut-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Regions with significant populations</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> (<span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_Idaho.svg/19px-Flag_of_Idaho.svg.png" decoding="async" width="19" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_Idaho.svg/29px-Flag_of_Idaho.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_Idaho.svg/38px-Flag_of_Idaho.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="2496" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Languages</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">English, <a href="/wiki/Kutenai_language" title="Kutenai language">Kutenai</a>, <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a><sup id="cite_ref-ethno_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethno-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Religion</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Indigenous <a href="/wiki/Tribal_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribal religion">tribal religion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dance" title="Sun Dance">Sun Dance</a> religion</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#b0c4de;">Related ethnic groups</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">other <a href="/wiki/Kootenai_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kootenai people">Kootenai people</a>, <a href="/wiki/Interior_Salish_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Interior Salish people">Interior Salish people</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalispel_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalispel people">Kalispel people</a><sup id="cite_ref-ihb_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Kootenai Tribe of Idaho</b> (<a href="/wiki/Kutenai_language" title="Kutenai language">Kutenai language</a>: <b>ʔaq̓anqmi</b><sup id="cite_ref-first_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is a <a href="/wiki/Federally_recognized_tribe" class="mw-redirect" title="Federally recognized tribe">federally recognized tribe</a> of Lower <a href="/wiki/Kootenai_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kootenai people">Kootenai people</a>. They are an <a href="/wiki/Indigenous_people_of_the_Northwest_Plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau">Indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based in northern <a href="/wiki/Idaho" title="Idaho">Idaho</a>. </p><p>They are one of five federally recognized tribes in Idaho. The others are <a href="/wiki/Coeur_d%27Alene_people" title="Coeur d'Alene people">Coeur d'Alene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nez_Perce_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Nez Perce people">Nez Perce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shoshone-Bannock" class="mw-redirect" title="Shoshone-Bannock">Shoshone-Bannock</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Duck_Valley_Indian_Reservation" title="Duck Valley Indian Reservation">Duck Valley Indian Reservation</a> (Western Shoshone-Northern Paiute). They have 150 enrolled citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-ucut_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucut-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kootenai_Tribe_of_Idaho&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Their name for themselves is ʔaq̓anqmi.<sup id="cite_ref-first_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-first-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They are also called the Idaho Ksanka. The Ktunaxa (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">English: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'h' in 'hi'">h</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">tun-<span style="font-size:90%">AH</span>-hah</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <small><a href="/wiki/Kutenai_language" title="Kutenai language">Kutenai</a> pron.</small> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="und-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[ktunʌ́χɑ̝]</a></span>) are also known as Kutenai (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">English: </span><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span>-<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>), Kootenay (predominant spelling in Canada), and Kootenai (predominant spelling in the United States). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reservation">Reservation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kootenai_Tribe_of_Idaho&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Reservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:1800R_Kootenai_Reservation_Locator_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/1800R_Kootenai_Reservation_Locator_Map.svg/180px-1800R_Kootenai_Reservation_Locator_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="286" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/1800R_Kootenai_Reservation_Locator_Map.svg/270px-1800R_Kootenai_Reservation_Locator_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/1800R_Kootenai_Reservation_Locator_Map.svg/360px-1800R_Kootenai_Reservation_Locator_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1043" data-file-height="1656" /></a><figcaption>Location of Kootenai Reservation</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Kootenai Reservation</b> was first established in 1896. After subsequent land loss, the reservation was re-established in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-p262_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p262-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Indian_reservation" title="Indian reservation">reservation</a> is 2,695 acres (4.2 sq mi; 10.9 km<sup>2</sup>) in <a href="/wiki/Boundary_County,_Idaho" title="Boundary County, Idaho">Boundary County</a>, along <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_95_in_Idaho" title="U.S. Route 95 in Idaho">U.S. Route 95</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ihb_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their reservation is 2,200 acres large.<sup id="cite_ref-ucut_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucut-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kootenai_Tribe_of_Idaho&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tribe's headquarters is in <a href="/wiki/Bonners_Ferry,_Idaho" title="Bonners Ferry, Idaho">Bonners Ferry, Idaho</a>. The tribe is governed by a democratically elected, nine-member tribal council. The current administration is as follows: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li>Chairman: Gary FX Aitken Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Jennifer Porter</li> <li>Amethyst Aitken</li> <li>Ronald Abraham</li> <li>Diane David</li> <li>Duane E. Saunders</li> <li>Louie Abraham</li> <li>Velma Bahe</li> <li>Kim Cooper.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Language">Language</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kootenai_Tribe_of_Idaho&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, Kootenai people have spoken the <a href="/wiki/Kutenai_language" title="Kutenai language">Kutenai language</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Language_isolate" title="Language isolate">language isolate</a>. It has a dictionary and grammar and is written in the <a href="/wiki/Latin_script" title="Latin script">Latin script</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ethno_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ethno-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kootenai_Tribe_of_Idaho&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Kootenai people lived along the <a href="/wiki/Kootenai_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Kootenai River">Kootenai River</a> in Idaho, <a href="/wiki/Montana" title="Montana">Montana</a>, and <a href="/wiki/British_Columbia" title="British Columbia">British Columbia</a>. They were <a href="/wiki/Hunter-gatherers" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunter-gatherers">hunter-gatherers</a>, and salmon was an important staple to their diets. They have permanent winter villages of cone-shaped houses made from wooden poles and rush mats.<sup id="cite_ref-ihb_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1855 the tribe refused to sign a treaty with the US government that would require them to cede their aboriginal lands in Idaho and consolidate with several other smaller tribes in Montana. The <a href="/wiki/Dawes_Act" title="Dawes Act">Dawes Act</a> broke up tribal land holdings into individual allotments.<sup id="cite_ref-ihb_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to illegal land loss, the tribe was awarded $425,000 in a <a href="/wiki/Indian_Land_Claims_Settlements" title="Indian Land Claims Settlements">land claims settlement</a> in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-p262_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p262-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On September 20, 1974, the 67 members of the Kootenai Tribe formally declared war on the United States, seeking federal <span class="nowrap">recognition.<sup id="cite_ref-kimblz_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kimblz-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ussndpmk_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ussndpmk-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-kowus_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kowus-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-iotopc_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iotopc-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> Initial demands were for a 128,000-acre (200 sq mi; 520 km<sup>2</sup>) reservation and compensation for 1,600,000 acres (2,500 sq mi; 6,470 km<sup>2</sup>) of ancestral <span class="nowrap">lands.<sup id="cite_ref-kootthrtn_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kootthrtn-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> They did not engage in violence, and, by calling attention to their situation, the tribe was deeded 12.5 acres (5.1 ha) of federal land surrounding the former mission in <a href="/wiki/Bonners_Ferry,_Idaho" title="Bonners Ferry, Idaho">Bonners Ferry</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ucut_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucut-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ihb_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ffafut_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ffafut-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was enacted by S. 634, signed by <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a> in October.<sup id="cite_ref-kitl_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kitl-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economic_development">Economic development</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kootenai_Tribe_of_Idaho&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Economic development"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since 1986, the Kootenai Tribe has owned and operated the Kootenai River Inn in Bonners Ferry. It is now the Kootenai River Inn Casino and Spa, also has the Springs Restaurant, Casino Deli, the Kootenai Day Spa, and gift shop.<sup id="cite_ref-ihb_3-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reservation industries include timber, tourism, and selling sand and gravel. The tribe also owns a <a href="/wiki/Sturgeon" title="Sturgeon">sturgeon</a> hatchery.<sup id="cite_ref-ihb_3-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ihb-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kootenai_Tribe_of_Idaho&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Confederated_Salish_and_Kootenai_Tribes_of_the_Flathead_Nation" class="mw-redirect" title="Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation">Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kootenai_Tribe_of_Idaho&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ucut-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ucut_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ucut_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ucut_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ucut_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ucut.org/members-tribes/kootenai-tribe-idaho/">"Kootenai Tribe of Idaho"</a>. <i>Upper Columbia United Tribes</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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