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Tribal leaders stress cultural history as Milltown State Park reopens fish habitat
Summary
Salish and Kalispel tribal leaders said the restoration of Milltown State Park restores culturally important places, traditional names and fish habitat, and called for continued stewardship and interpretive programming to honor tribal history.
MILLTOWN, Mont. Tribal leaders at the Milltown State Park dedication emphasized the cultural and historical importance of the site to Salish and Kalispel peoples, describing the park as a place for reviving traditional connections to rivers and fish species such as bull trout. "This place is called Nijkshtunk, place of the big bull trout," said Tony Inconshola, director of the Salish Kalispel Culture Committee. "When you walk down there, the river you're gonna see why they called it the nightstand because of the big bull trout." Inconshola spoke about ancestral songs,…
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