A People of Vision
The Flathead Indian Reservation is home to three tribes, the Bitterroot Salish, Upper Pend d’Oreille, and the Kootenai.
News & Announcements
- Tribal Education Native Youth Music, Art, and Poetry Expo 2025
Please help Tribal Education celebrate our 5th-12th graders in the Annual Native Youth Music, Art, and Poetry Expo. The event will take place at Salish Kootenai College Theater from 5pm-7pm. All art entries are due, Friday, May 9th at… Read more: Tribal Education Native Youth Music, Art, and Poetry Expo 2025 - RFP for Turnkey Fiber Backbone (TBCP)
Request for Proposals (RFP) forFiber Backbone Design Services for the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) Proposals Due: June 6, 2025 by 5:30pm MST Please fill out the form at https://forms.office.com/g/xAT3a6FxNx and select the RFP you are responding to.… Read more: RFP for Turnkey Fiber Backbone (TBCP) - RFP for NOC Design Services(TBCP)Request for Proposals (RFP) forNetwork Operations Center (NOC) Design Servicesfor the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP)Proposals Due: June 6, 2025 by 5:30pm MST Proposal Submissions: Please fill out the form at https://forms.office.com/g/xAT3a6FxNx and select the RFP you are… Read more: RFP for NOC Design Services(TBCP)
- RFP for Wireless Design Services(TBCP)Request for Proposals (RFP) forWireless Design ServicesMonopine Tower & Small Cell Nodesfor the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP)Proposals Due: June 13, 2025 by 5:30pm MST Proposal Submissions: Please fill out the form at https://forms.office.com/g/xAT3a6FxNx and select the RFP… Read more: RFP for Wireless Design Services(TBCP)
- RFP for Wireless Turnkey Monopine and Small Cell Nodes (TBCP)Request for Proposals (RFP) forTurnkey Wireless Design & Construction ServicesMonopine Tower & Small Cell Nodesfor the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) Proposals Due: June 13, 2025 by 5:30pm MST Proposal Submissions: Please fill out the form at https://forms.office.com/g/xAT3a6FxNx… Read more: RFP for Wireless Turnkey Monopine and Small Cell Nodes (TBCP)
- RFP Turnkey NOC Design and Construction (TBCP)Request for Proposals (RFP) forTurnkey Network Operations Center (NOC)Design and Construction Servicesfor the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) Proposals Due: June 13, 2025 by 5:30pm MST Proposal Submissions: Please fill out the form at https://forms.office.com/g/xAT3a6FxNx and select the… Read more: RFP Turnkey NOC Design and Construction (TBCP)
- RFP for Design of Fiber Backbone Final(TBCP)Request for Proposals (RFP) forFiber Backbone Design Servicesfor the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP) Proposals Due: June 6, 2025 by 5:30pm MST Please fill out the form at https://forms.office.com/g/xAT3a6FxNx and select the RFP you are responding to. If… Read more: RFP for Design of Fiber Backbone Final(TBCP)
- Building Demolition Program(TBCP)Request for Proposals (RFP) for Building Demolition Servicesfor the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program (TBCP)Proposals Due: May 13, 2025 by 5:30pm MST Proposal Submissions:Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes c/o Lisa Shourds, Director of AdministrationP.O. Box 278Pablo, Montana 59855 Contact… Read more: Building Demolition Program(TBCP)
- North Fork Jocko – Tabor Division
The CSKT Division of Engineering and Water Resources would like to inform the public of the30-day appeal period for the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of NoSignificant Impact (FONSI) for the North Fork Jocko – Tabor Diversion… Read more: North Fork Jocko – Tabor Division
CSKT Community Survey
Please take a few moments of your time to complete the CSKT Community Survey and also have an opportunity to enter a drawing for a $100 gift card. Our community survey aims to gain a deeper understanding of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (CSKT) Tribal Justice System, including Tribal police, courts, laws, and related services, while exploring ways to improve these services. Participation is voluntary and confidential.
Our Mission & Vision
Our Vision: Maintain Traditional Principles and Values
The traditional values that served our people in the past are embedded in the many ways we serve and invest in our people and communities, in the way we have regained and restored our homelands and natural resources, in the ways we have built a self-sufficient society and economy, in the ways we govern our Reservation and represent ourselves to the rest of the world and in the ways we continue to preserve our right to determine our own destiny.
Our Mission: Be Guided by Traditional Principles and Values
Our Mission is to adopt traditional principles and values into all facets of tribal operations and services. We will invest in our people in a manner that ensures our ability to become a completely self-sufficient society and economy. And we will provide sound environmental stewardship to preserve, perpetuate, protect and enhance natural resources and ecosystems.
A People of Vision
“When I was a student in high school, I entered a competition to design the CSKT seal and was thrilled and excited to learn that my design was selected,” said Corky. “Important concepts found in the design, is a representation of the Tribes past, while also looking forward to our place in the future. Chief Koostatah depicts the rich history and culture of our Tribes, wearing a war bonnet and in a traditional white buckskin outfit, he gazes across the Flathead River with mountains seen in the distance. His gesture is of looking forward for those things yet to come, while also reminding of the preparations needed to address the future wellbeing of our Tribes.”
Corky Clairmont
The official seal of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes shows one of the last Ksanka traditional leaders, Chief Koostatah, standing on a rock outcropping that overlooks roaring white water.
The current seal was inspired by a talented young Tribal Member, Corky Clairmont, who was still in high school at the time the seal was developed. This was the early ‘60s. Today Corky’s artistic legacy endures in the seal of the Tribes, and continues throughout his prolific career in the arts, as an instructor for many years at the Salish Kootenai College and through a lifetime of his many artistry installed and shown throughout the region and beyond.
Corky’s original design was revamped in the early 1980’s, which altered the raised hand of the original to more of a pointing gesture, with additional colors and textures also added.
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