plural Ktunaxa
chiefly Canada
: kootenai
the traditional lands of the Ktunaxa
the Ktunaxa people/language
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In June, the B.C. government announced agreements to share 5% of the Canadian Entitlement with each of the Ktunaxa, Secwépemc and Syilx Okanagan nations.
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Gregory Scruggs, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
The mining on the ancestral lands of the Kootenai people, (known as Ktunaxa in British Columbia), has become a longstanding issue.
—Jim Robbins, New York Times, 11 July 2023
Gregory Scruggs, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
The mining on the ancestral lands of the Kootenai people, (known as Ktunaxa in British Columbia), has become a longstanding issue.
—Jim Robbins, New York Times, 11 July 2023
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“Ktunaxa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ktunaxa. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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