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Native American Heritage Month
Nov 1-30
Join Northern Quest in paying tribute to Native American Heritage Month with meaningful celebrations throughout November. Members of various tribes will take part in performances and showcase their art around the resort, and Kalispel culture will be honored all month long in venues ranging from La Rive to Masselow’s. This is a time to reflect, educate, and enjoy, so please join us for these upcoming events!
Masselow’s, EPIC, East, and Neon will each offer a nod to customary cuisine with special menu items featuring Pacific Northwest ingredients.
Facing generations of challenges, Kalispel Tribal Members have endured limited economic resources, unemployment, and prejudice. The Tribe has found innovative ways to overcome these circumstances, displaying the highest levels of resiliency and determination.
The Kalispel Reservation is located in Usk, Washington, along 10 miles of the Pend Oreille River. It is comprised of over 4,500 acres, with an additional 40 acres of trust land in Airway Heights—the site of Northern Quest.
The Tribe’s traditional homeland surrounded the Pend Oreille River, abundant with mountains, rivers, lakes, and prairies, and stretched some 200 miles in length from British Columbia into Montana.
The Salish language is an important cultural component that ties the Kalispel Tribe to its history. Through efforts and intention, a new generation of Salish speakers has given life to the language that was once in danger of extinction.
The Kalispel Indians were semi-nomadic hunters, diggers, and fishermen, and were often called the “river paddlers.” They crafted the unique sturgeon-nosed canoe to navigate the Pend Oreille River and support a proud nomadic lifestyle.
Since 1879, it’s estimated that over 100,000 Native Americans attended Catholic residential boarding schools. Indigenous children were often forced or influenced into attending these boarding schools with hopes of assimilating tribal members into the “American Way of Life.” Many never returned home.
In recent years, the remains of thousands of Indigenous people, many of them children, have been recovered from unmarked graves on the sites of former boarding schools in Canada. As a community, Native Americans are pushing for a similar investigative process to take place in the United States.
In 2013, a former residential school student created Orange Shirt Day to commemorate these tragic events. September 30 is reserved as Orange Shirt Day, a time to honor the healing of survivors and family members and remember those who never returned home.
The red handprint is a national symbol for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. Often painted across the face and mouth, it’s used as a symbolic representation of the voices of those who’ve been silenced.
#MMIW
#NoMoreStolenSister
#NotInvisible
