They live in normal houses now but they do have long house special occasions such and funerals. They live in western Montana now. Before colonization, the Flathead usually lived in tepees and they used longhouses for ceremonies like potlatch, weddings and funerals. Now they live in normal houses and they have one or two longhouses for ceremonies. Their main religion is Roman Catholicism.
The traditional feast of the camas bake is a tradition; camas bulbs are prepared, and steamed in an underground fire pit that has alder bark and skunk cabbage leaves placed on the camas bulbs, the pit is covered with dirt and water is poured down a hole to begin the steaming process. The camas bake was held on sept. 21, and traditional wakes are held when a tribal member dies, with food. Ceremonies are held that feature native dancing, stick games and horsemanship.when a leader dies they burn a house.
Our traditions are passed down in much the same way as other native tribes.... from generation to generation.
the chickasaw indians would wear a thing called a hair roach on special occasions, it was made out of porcupine hair, not the quills.
1.) Arikara Indians 2.) Assiniboine Indians 3.) Athabaska Indians 4.) Blackfeet 5.) Columbian Plateau Indians 6.) Cree Indians 7.) Crow Indians 8.) Eliatan 9.) Eneshur 10.) Flathead 11.) Grand Osage 12.) Kickapoo 13.) Mandan Indians 14.) Minitari 15.) Nez Perce 16.) Omaha 17.) Oto 18.) Pawnee 19.) Shoshone 20.) Sioux 21.) Skillute 22.) Teton Sioux 23.) Yakima 24.) Yankton Sioux I didn't really visted all these places I just made them up
The reservations were set up to preserve the Spokane Indians native homeland and traditions. They are built on protected land.
flathead indian art
meat
The Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation lived in what is now Montana on the eastern slopes of the Rockies
There are two: Ecaftnuc and Mrotstihs
The Flatland Indians had a varied diet. The Indians ate buffalo, salmon, and different varieties of plants in the wild.
One of the many traditions that the northwest Indians did was the potlatch.
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some of there customs or traditions are paintings
they told stories
food
hunting
they had ceremonies