The
Flathead Indian Reservation, located in western
Montana on the
Flathead River, is home to the
Bitterroot Salish,
Kootenai, and
Pend d'Oreilles Tribes - also known as the
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation. The reservation was created through the July 16, 1855,
Treaty of Hellgate, and reservation has land on four of Montana's counties:
Lake,
Sanders,
Missoula, and
Flathead. The Flathead Indian Reservation, west of the
Continental Divide, consists of of forested mountains and valleys.