The Kootenays or Kootenay is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people.
Nelson Bridge in Central Kootenay
Various interpretations of the boundaries of the Kootenays
The Kutenai, also known as the Ktunaxa, Ksanka, Kootenay and Kootenai, are an indigenous people of Canada and the United States. Kutenai bands live in southeastern British Columbia, northern Idaho, an
Kootenays
…Kootenays or Kootenay ( KOOT-nee) is a region of southeastern British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Kutenai First Nations people. The Kootenays are more or less defined by the Kootenay Land District, though some variation exists in terms of what areas are or…
Kutenai group c. 1900
Ktunaxa girls, photographed by Edward S. Curtis in 1911