Indigenous peoples of the Rocky Mountains

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The Indigenous peoples of the Rocky Mountains are diverse Native nations whose traditional homelands span the mountain ranges of western North America, with rich cultures, languages, and lifeways closely tied to the region’s high-altitude environments and ecosystems.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous peoples collective
cultural region population
ethnic group collection
contemporaryIssuesInclude co-management of national parks and protected areas
cultural preservation
language revitalization
contemporaryIssuesInclude land rights
resource extraction conflicts
culturallyAssociatedWith bison hunting
horse culture
mountain hunting and trapping
plateau fishing and root gathering
seasonal migration
tipi dwellings
environmentAssociatedWith alpine meadows
high-altitude ecosystems
montane forests
river valleys
hasPart Apsáalooke people
linked to: Apsáalooke

Bannock people
Blackfoot Confederacy
linked to: Blackfoot

Coeur d’Alene people
Crow Nation
Eastern Shoshone
Flathead Nation
Kainai Nation
Kootenai people
Ktunaxa Nation
Nez Perce people
linked to: Nez Perce

Northern Shoshone
Northern Ute Tribe
Okanagan people
Piikani Nation
Salish people
linked to: Salish peoples

Secwepemc Nation
Shoshone people
Shuswap people
Siksika Nation
Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Stoney Nakoda Nations
St’át’imc people
linked to: Stʼatʼimc people

Syilx Okanagan Nation
Tsuu T’ina Nation
linked to: Tsuutʼina Nation

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Ute people
historicallyAffectedBy fur trade expansion
reservation system in the United States
reserve system in Canada
smallpox epidemics
treaty-making with colonial governments
languageFamilyIncludes Algonquian languages
Athabaskan languages
Kutenai language
Salishan languages
Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
locatedIn Canada
Rocky Mountains
United States
Western North America
religionAndBelief ceremonies tied to mountains and waters
land-based spiritual practices
traditionalTerritoryIncludes Alberta Rocky Mountains
British Columbia interior mountains
Colorado Rockies
Idaho mountains
Montana Rockies
New Mexico southern Rockies
Wyoming Rockies

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Núuchi-u culturalContext Indigenous peoples of the Rocky Mountains
The Death of Jim Loney hasCulturalContext Native American communities in Montana
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Rocky Mountains
Bearspaw First Nation hasCulturalAffiliation Rocky Mountain Indigenous peoples
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Rocky Mountains
Stoney Nakoda Nations culturalRegion Rocky Mountain Indigenous peoples
linked to: Indigenous peoples of the Rocky Mountains