Salish
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Salish
- an indigenous group in Montana, the Bitterroot Salish, whose name was extended by linguists to refer to all related languages and peoples
- an adjective referring to one of two groups of indigenous peoples peoples of the Pacific Northwest, a region spanning the northwestern United States and British Columbia
- a member of one of these groups
- the family of languages of these people, which is subdivided into Coast Salish and Interior Salish