Ktunaxa

Also known as Ktunaxa Nation, Kootenay, Kutenai

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Lands

ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa: the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada, with Kootenay Tribes also based today in Montana and Idaho, United States

Countries Canada, United States

Facts 3

Governance

The Ktunaxa Nation Council helps represent the shared interests of four Ktunaxa First Nations within ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa, the Ktunaxa homelands.

As of 2026 Source: Ktunaxa Nation Council, Home (opens in a new tab) Checked 8 Oct 2026 Suggest a correction to this fact

History

Ktunaxa people have lived beside the Kootenay and Columbia Rivers and the Arrow Lakes for more than 10,000 years.

Source: Ktunaxa Nation Council, ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa (opens in a new tab) Checked 8 Oct 2026 Suggest a correction to this fact

Land

ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa, the traditional territory, covers about 70,000 square kilometres in the Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.

Source: Ktunaxa Nation Council, ʔamakʔis Ktunaxa (opens in a new tab) Checked 8 Oct 2026 Suggest a correction to this fact

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