Editing Pend d'Oreilles (section)

{{Redirect|Kalispel|the tribe commonly known as the Kalispel|Lower Kalispel|the city in Montana|Kalispell, Montana}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group=Kalispel<br/>Pend d'Oreille
|image=[[File:Kalispel girl by Edward S. Curtis, ca. 1910.jpg|200px]]
|caption=Touch Her Dress, a Kalispel girl, ca. 1910
|population=over 400
|popplace= United States<br/>([[Montana]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]])
|rels=traditional tribal religion
|langs=[[Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille language|Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille]], [[English language|English]]<ref name=ethno>[http://www.ethnologue.com/language/fla "Kalispel-Pend d’Oreille."] ''Ethnologue.'' Retrieved August 5, 2013.</ref>
|related=[[Chewelah people|Chewelah]],<ref name=p258>Pritzker 258</ref> [[Spokane people|Spokane]]
}}

The '''Pend d'Oreille''' or '''Pend d'Oreilles''' ({{IPAc-en|,|p|Q|n|d|@|'|r|ei}} {{respell|PON|də|RAY}}), also known as the '''Kalispel''' ({{IPAc-en|'|k|ae|l|@|s|p|E|l}}),<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Kalispel |volume=15 |page=642}}</ref> are [[Indigenous peoples of the Northwest Plateau]]. Today many of them live in [[Montana]] and eastern [[Washington (state)|Washington]] of the United States. The Kalispel peoples referred to their primary tribal range as ''Kaniksu''.

Their traditional territory comprised the drainage systems of the [[Flathead River]], Clark Fork, and Pend Oreille rivers. It extended from roughly present-day [[Plains, Montana]], westward along the [[Clark Fork River]], to [[Lake Pend Oreille]]<ref name=EB1911/> and [[Priest Lake]] in Idaho, and the [[Pend Oreille River]] (''Ntxwe'', meaning "river") in eastern Washington and into [[British Columbia]] ([[Canada]]).

They lived in many bands — originally, probably eleven — in their historic lands. They are generally divided geographically and culturally in two groupings:<ref>[http://www.thesalishinstitute.org/salish-pend-d-oreille-culture/salish-pend-d-oreille-history - The Salish Institute - Salish & Kalispel (Pend d'Oreille) History]</ref>

* the "upstream people" or [[Upper Kalispel]] (or "Upper Pend d’Oreille") are commonly referred to as the '''Pend d'Oreille'''. They were also known as ''Kullyspelm'' or ''Ql̓ispé'' ("Camas People"). They are now enrolled in the [[Federally recognized tribe|federally recognized]] [[Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation]] in Montana.

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* the "downstream people" or [[Lower Kalispel]] (or "Lower Pend d’Oreille") are commonly referred to as the '''Kalispel'''. They were also known as ''Silkatkmlschi'' or ''Sɫq̓etkʷmsčin̓t'' ("People Living along the Shore of the Broad Water"), because they lived by [[Flathead Lake]] (Čɫq̓étkʷ - "Broad Water"). Today many are enrolled in the [[Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation|Kalispel Tribe of Indians]] in Washington. Some families are members of the [[Coeur d'Alene people|Coeur d’Alene Tribe]] in Idaho.

In addition, some Kalispel are enrolled in the [[Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation]] in eastern Washington.<ref name=p258/>

Prior to colonization by European-Americans, Chewelah was home to a band of the Lower Kalispel people. The band was known as the ''Slet̓éw̓si'', meaning "valley people". The ''Chewelah Band of Indians'' is currently part of the [[Spokane people|Spokane Tribe of Indians]] of Washington.