Kootenai
noun
Koo·te·nai
ˈkü-tə-ˌnā
-ˌnē
variants
or Kutenai
1
plural Kootenai or Kootenais or Kutenai or Kutenais
: a member of an Indigenous people of the Rocky Mountains in both the U.S. and Canada
Note: Modern-day members of this tribe live as part of the federally recognized Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation in Montana, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, and the Ktunaxa Nation of southeastern British Columbia.
2
: the language of the Kootenai people
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