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Salish () may refer to: *
Salish peoples The Salish peoples are indigenous peoples of the American and Canadian Pacific Northwest, identified by their use of the Salish languages which diversified out of Proto-Salish between 3,000 and 6,000 years ago. The term “Salish” originated in ...
, a group of First Nations/Native Americans ** Coast Salish peoples, several First Nations/Native American groups in the coastal regions of the Pacific Northwest **
Interior Salish peoples The Interior Salish languages are one of the two main branches of the Salishan language family, the other being Coast Salish. It can be further divided into Northern and Southern subbranches. The first Salishan people encountered by American exp ...
, several First Nations/Native American groups in the inland regions of the Pacific Northwest *
Salishan languages The Salishan (also Salish) languages are a family of languages of the Pacific Northwest in North America (the Canadian province of British Columbia and the American states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana). They are characterised by ag ...
, a group of languages ** Coast Salish languages **
Interior Salish languages The Interior Salish languages are one of the two main branches of the Salishan languages, Salishan language family, the other being Coast Salish languages, Coast Salish. It can be further divided into Northern and Southern subbranches. The first S ...
* Bitterroot Salish * The
Salish-Spokane-Kalispel language The Salish or Séliš language , also known as Kalispel–Pend d'oreille, Kalispel–Spokane–Flathead, or Montana Salish to distinguish it from other Salishan languages, is a Salishan language spoken (as of 2005) by about 64 elders of the Flat ...
* The
Salish Wool Dog The Salish Wool Dog or Comox dog is an extinct breed of white, long-haired, Spitz-type dog that was developed and bred by the Coast Salish peoples of what is now Washington state and British Columbia. The small, long-haired wool dog and the coyot ...
bred by the Salish peoples


Places

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Salish Sea , image = PNW-straits.jpg , alt = , caption = The Salish Sea, showing the open Pacific Ocean at lower left, and from there, heading inland: the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the narrow Puget Sound at lower ri ...
, an inland sea consisting of Puget Sound, the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Strait of Georgia * Salish Mountains, a mountain range in Montana *
Salishan, Tacoma, Washington Salishan is a diverse and mixed-income neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington that was originally created as World War II housing project but, starting in 2002, has been demolished and rebuilt into a new neighborhood of homes, apartments, services, and ...
, a neighborhood of Tacoma.


In fiction

* the Salish, a people featured in the episode " Spirits" of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * Salish, a character in the episode " The Paradise Syndrome" of the television series ''Star Trek'' * Anna Delaney, a character in the BBC drama ''Taboo'' (2017 TV series), who is referred to as a person of Salish heritage.


See also

* Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation in Montana *
Coast Salish art Coast Salish art is an art unique to the Pacific Northwest Coast among the Coast Salish peoples. Coast Salish are peoples from the Pacific Northwest Coast made up of many different languages and cultural characteristics. Coast Salish territory co ...
* Salian Franks {{disambig, geo Language and nationality disambiguation pages