These tribal narratives can help students understand how places are named, the importance of names given to place, and how the loss of place can also mean losing critical parts of one's identity, of one's individual and cultural connections to a past, present, and future sense of place. When listening, consider how each tribal member's experience of place is imbedded in historical and current relationships to the landscape.
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Salish Months - An Introduction
An introduction to the Salish months as narrated by Shirley Trahan. Shirley takes you through the different months, the Salish pronunciation and the different activities that occurred during each mon...
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Sense of Place Video
This two minute video examines what it means to know a place well.
Image Credits:
Archives & Special Collections, The University of Montana-Missoula and The Montana Historical Soc...
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Importance of Place
Pend d'Oreille elder Tony Incashola explains the importance the area commonly known as the University of Montana campus had for the Salish people.
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This is Where I Came From
Salish tribal member Salisha Old Bull is a University of Montana student. In this narrative she describes how getting to know a place "all of a sudden you are connected to your history . . .Right belo...
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Everything Available
Salish elder Louie Adams explains the importance of the area commonly known as the University of Montana campus.
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Place of Bull Trout
Salish elder Louie Adams shares the Salish pronunciation of place of bull trout.
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Many Layers
Pend d'Oreille elder Tony Incashola explains that the land that The University of Montana sits on is a traditional site for digging the Bitterrroot plant.
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The Bitterroot
Pend d'Oreille elder Tony Incashola describes the importance of the bitterroot and describes the traditional ways of harvesting the plant.
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Place Names
Pend d'Oreille elder Tony Incashola shares his name for Council Groves and describes how the area was named.
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The Naming of Council Groves
Salish elder Louie Adams shares his Salish name for Council Groves and explains his understanding of how that name came to be.
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Visiting Council Groves
Salish elder Louie Adams speaks in Salish as he tells the story of how his family would go to visit the site of Council Groves.
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Our Highways
Pend d'Oreille elder Tony Incashola explains the traditional trails the Salish traveled as they moved about the land.
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Hellgate Treaty
Pend d'Oreille elder Tony Incashola describes how the area of Council Groves was selected for negotiating the Hellgate Treaty. Tony explains that "when the tribal people ceded their land they were pro...
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Red Topped Mountains
Salish elder Louie Adams shares his Salish name for Red Topped Mountains and explains his understanding of how that name came to be.
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Stevensville Camp
Salish elder Louie Adams shares the importance of the Stevensville camp.
