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The sign reads: “The Indians on this reservation belong to the Flathead, Kalispell, Spokane, Kootenai, and Pend d’Oreille tribes. Lewis and Clark met the Flatheads in 1805 and described them and their allies the New Perce as being friendly and…

McNickle emphasized the ways in which Native American's within the reservation attempted to hold on to a heritage that was being forcibly replaced.

The Old Mission Church can be seen here in a photograph from the late 1800s and artistic depiction from a German journalist. In the artist's depiction, he seems to capture the same photograph (see the men on the bottom left) but rejects to include…

The text on the back of this image, written by one of the Jesuits, read, “These Indian hits are typical. They are small, but warm and comfortable. One year the [Natives] and [their] friends will cut the logs and haul them from the mts. to the…

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2) A newer image of the Jesuit house that was built beside the new mission church. In this image you can see the modern landscaping added to the exterior of the grounds.

3) The St. Ignatius Mission Church can now…

These images depict the interior and exterior of the Jesuit house where all of the Ignatian Priests would have lived during the time on the reservation. The second photo shows a close up view of the grounds courtyard and the third image shows the…

In the winter the mountains that bordered the Flathead Reservation were covered with snow and extremely dangerous to navigate during this season.

On a holiday such as Easter, the Flathead peoples would host their own celebration of Native American culture to recognize the history of their culture alongside their newly adopted traditions within Catholicism.

Historically, the female perspective has been completely disregarded or erased and this was one of the few images within the collection where women were the focus of the image.

A close up view of the St. Ignatius Church and its interior walls. Brother Joseph Carignano painted all 58 art pieces covering the inside of the chapel.
The text on the back of the second photo reads: “At Xmas, Easter, and on St. Ignatius day, the…