Land Acknowledgment

Explore Mission Valley sits within the aboriginal homeland of the Séliš, Q̓lispé, and Ksanka peoples. The valley is part of the Flathead Indian Reservation, established by the 1855 Hellgate Treaty, and is governed today by the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

What this means

This section is being drafted with CSKT review and will speak to the practical and editorial commitments that follow from acknowledging this land. It will cover how this site approaches CSKT-related content, photography ethics, the contributor pipeline, and source citation.

Authoritative sources

For tribal news and source journalism, see Char-Koosta News, the official publication of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.

For tribal government, statements, and policy, see cskt.org.

For cultural education and the Three Chiefs Culture Center in Pablo, see threechiefs.org.

For higher education and the contributor pipeline, see Salish Kootenai College.

Editorial commitments

This section is being drafted with CSKT review. It will document this site’s editorial policy on CSKT cultural content: who writes it, how it’s sourced, how contributors are credited, and what we do not publish (no AI-generated cultural imagery, no photos inside ceremonies, no fabricated cultural framing).

Contact and corrections

If you are a CSKT member, contributor, or representative who finds something on this site that’s incorrect, inappropriate, or in need of revision, please reach out via the contact form or directly. Corrections are made promptly and visibly.