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
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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
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“Ktunaxa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ktunaxa. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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