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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
self-designation of the Native American people of Montana also known as Flathead, from a term containing -ish "people." The language group that includes their tongue has been called Salishan.
Wikipedia
Salish originally referred only to the indigenous group known today as the Bitterroot Salish of Montana and their language, Salish. The term was extended by linguists to include all related languages in the Pacific Northwest region, and may refer to:
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Salish peoples, a group of First Nations/Native Americans
- Coast Salish peoples, several First Nations/Native American groups in the coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest
- Interior Salish peoples, several First Nations/Native American groups in the inland regions of the Pacific Northwest
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Salishan languages, a group of languages
- Coast Salish languages
- Interior Salish languages
- The Salish-Spokane-Kalispel language
Places
- Salish Sea, an inland sea consisting of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia
- Salish Mountains, a mountain range in Montana
- Salishan, Tacoma, Washington, a neighborhood of Tacoma
In fiction
- the Salish, a people featured in the episode " Spirits" of the television series Stargate SG-1
- Salish, a character in the episode " The Paradise Syndrome" of the television series Star Trek
Usage examples of "salish".
On the coast are the Haida, Tsimshian, Kwakiatl, Nootka, and about the Gulf of Georgia various tribes related to the Salish proper.
He wanted to do this calculation for coastal Indians like the Salish (who had easy access to seafood) and for inland ones like the Cayuse (who didn't) as part of an extremely convoluted plan to prove some sort of point about the relative standards of living of these tribes and how this affected their cultural development (coastal tribes made lots of fantastically detailed art and inland ones occasionally scratched stick figures on rocks).