Arlee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) on the Flathead Reservation, Lake County, Montana, United States. The population was 725 at the 2020 census. It is named after Alee, a Salish chief. The chief's name has no "r", as the Salish alphabet has no letter "r".
Red water tower in Arlee
Rainbow over McLeod Peak looking east across Jocko Valley
Arlee Celebration Powwow
Tipis at Arlee Esyapqeyni 2015, the Arlee Celebration Pow Wow
Salish–Spokane–Kalispel language
The Salish or Séliš language, also known as Kalispel–Pend d'oreille, Kalispel–Spokane–Flathead, or Montana Salish to distinguish it from other Salishan languages, is a Salishan language spoken by about 64 elders of the Flathead Nation in north central Montana and of the Kalispel Indian Reservation in northeastern Washington state, and by another 50 elders of the Spokane Indian Reservation of Washington. As of 2012, Salish is "critically endangered" in Montana and Idaho according to UNESCO.
Salish Language Revitalization Institute school bus in Missoula, 2011