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10 NARF Legal Rev. 1 (1984-1985)

handle is hein.journals/narf10 and id is 1 raw text is: The Kootenai: A Traditional Religion is Threatened The aboriginal territory of the Kootenai Tribe of' Indians covered portions of Idaho, Montana, and Canada with the center being Kootenai Falls on the Kootenai River, and the area around Libby, Montana. It was rich in wildlife and other subsistence resources. The Kootenai harvested great quantities of fish including several types of salmon, whitefish, and trout. Throughout the year they hunted a number of large game found in their area, including Big Horn sheep, Rocky Mountain goat, grizzly, brown and black bear, moose, elk, white tail, black tail and mule deer; and woodland caribou. Birds were also plentiful and the spruce grouse, ptarmigan, and several types of ducks and geese constituted an important part of their subsistence diet Yet amid this lush and plentiful landscape there was another side of Kootenai life which was as important as obtaining food - this was their religion. The spiritual aspects of hunting and fishing were undertaken only with the most thorough spiritual preparation. Religion for the Kootenai was interwoven with the most mundane and ordinary aspects of life. Visions and the seeking of visions played a fundamental role in the Kootenai religion. And those visions were quite often sought at the Kootenai Falls the spiritual focus of the entire Kootenai religion. It was at this site that members of the aboriginal Kootenai bands sought communion with their gods. And it is at this same site, Kootenai Falls, that now, centuries later, the Kootenai continue to seek communion with their gods. Kootenai Falls for the Kootenai people is comparable to other master, shrines in other religions such as Mecca in Islam or the Vatican in Christianity. Destruction of Kootenai Falls would be equivalent to the destruction of Mecca or the Vatican. This issue of the NARF Legal Review features photo- graphs of the Denver March Pow Wow, taken by John CONTENTS: Volume 10, No. 1 Youngblut. NARF Legal Developments .................... 6 NARF Publications and Resources ............. 14 Of Gifts and Giving .......................... 16 Digitized from Best Copy Available

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