Kalispel
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The Kalispel are a Salishan people indigenous to northern Idaho and northwestern Montana. Their language is also referred to as Pend d'Oreille. The Kalispel are part of the Interior Salish groups, who primarily inhabit the Upper Columbia River area.12
The city of Kalispell, Montana, is named after this indigenous group. It was founded in 1891 with the arrival of the Great Northern Railway and has since grown into a community reliant on agriculture, lumbering, and tourism.3
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