The Ktunaxa Nation was historically closely associated with the Shuswap Indian Band through tribal association and intermarriage.
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13 Facts About Ktunaxa
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Some Ktunaxa remained on or returned to the prairies year-round; they had a settlement near Fort Macleod, Alberta.
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Choquette concludes that the Ktunaxa today are the descendants of those first people to inhabit the land.
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The Ktunaxa were first noted in the historical record when mentioned on Alexander Mackenzie's map, circa 1793.
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Europeans observed the Ktunaxa enjoying a stable economic life and rich social life, based on a detailed ritual calendar.
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Ktunaxa conducted vision quests, particularly by a young man in a passage to adulthood.
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Ktunaxa had been exposed to Christianity as early as the 18th century, when a Lower Kootenay prophet from Flathead Lake in Montana by the name of Shining Shirt spread news of the coming of the 'Blackrobes' .
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Ktunaxa people encountered Christian Iroquois sent west by the Hudson's Bay Company.
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Ktunaxa intended to establish missions to minister to Native peoples, and assessing the success and needs of those already established.
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Ktunaxa wrote a much celebrated grammar of their language, published in 1896.
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The richest gold mine ever discovered in the Kootenays was discovered by a Ktunaxa man named Pierre, and staked by him and Father Coccola in 1893.
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The Creston Band of the Ktunaxa today has 113 individuals living on the reserve, and many others living off-reserve and working in various industries in Canada and the United States.
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