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Changing Seasons
- Celebration dances
- Bitterroot feast
- Bitterroot digging
- Camas bulbs
- Yellow bell bulbs
- Sunflower stalks
- Basket making
- Fishing
- Cottonwood tree sap
- Celebration dances
- Buffalo hunting
- Construction of:
(tipis, parfleches)
- Medicine dances
- Jump dances
- Ceremonies
- Story telling
- Ice fishing
- Trapping
- Construction of
winter clothes,
eating utensils,
weapons, tools,
toys all through
winter
Spring
- Hide tanning
- Basket making
- Herbal medicines
- Gathering teas
(labrador, mint, etc.)
Winter
Summer
- Huckle berries
- Foam berries
- Service berries
- Hawthorn berries
- Wild carrot
- Wild potato
- Hunting
- Fishing
Fall
- Return from summer
camp preparing for
winter camp
- Hunting big game
(elk, bear, etc.)
- Fishing & clams
(periodic migrations)
- Celebration dances
- Herbal medicines
- Hide tanning
- Construction of winter
clothes, snowshoes, etc.
- Tipi construction
FIGURE 17.5
Seasonal calendar.
critical ecosystems such as the extensive kettle pond complex in the Ninepipe region
and severed wildlife migration corridors between the Mission Mountains and the
Flathead Valley (Figure 17.13). Road impacts extended far beyond the paved road,
affecting wildlife, habitat quality, connectivity, and communities along the corridor
(Figure 17.14).
High accident rates, safety issues, and increased traffic volumes prompted the
Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) to begin a redesign for this stretch of
highway. Their preferred solution was a divided four- or five-lane highway, separated
by a wide median that remained on the same straight path through the heartland
of the Flathead Indian Reservation. The adverse impacts of this proposed highway
design to the landscape and tribal cultural values inspired the Confederated Salish
and Kootenai Tribes to develop their own preferred alternative, a two-lane high-
way with the necessary safety improvements. The vast difference between opposing
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