KOOTENAY

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'Kootenay' (predominant spelling in Canada), 'Kootenai' (predominant spelling in the United States), 'Kootanae' or 'Kutenai', comes from the name of the Ktunaxa (Kootenai/Kutenai), a Native American/First Nations people in British Columbia, Idaho and Montana, also known as the ''Kutenai'' or ''Ktunaxa'' and their Kutenai language, also known as ''Ktunaxan''. In Canada, it is primarily used to refer to the Kootenays region comprising southeastern British Columbia (which includes the East Kootenay and West Kootenay which are separate regions from each other).
It may also refer to:

★ Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council, the tribal council for Kutenai and Kinbasket peoples, including those in the US. There is also a Kootenay Kinbasket Treaty Council with the same member bands.

★ Kootanae House, a historical Northwest Company fur trade post near present-day Invermere, British Columbia,

★ Kootenays, a region of southern British Columbia, Canada

★ Kootenay River (or "Kootenai River" in the United States) of southeastern British Columbia in Canada and northern Idaho and western Montana in the United States, whose basin roughly defines the area known as the Kootenays

★ Kootenay Lake, on the Kootenay River in British Columbia

★ Lake Koocanusa (a portmanteau of Kootenay-Canada-USA), a reservoir on the Kootena(y/i) River that crosses the Canada-US border

★ HMCS Kootenay a warship in the Royal Canadian Navy.

★ Kootenay National Park, British Columbia national park, source of the Kootenay River

★ Kootenai, Idaho, a city

★ Kootenai County, Idaho

★ Kootenai National Forest in western Montana and northern Idaho

★ Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia

★ Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia

★ Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia

★ Numerous electoral districts in British Columbia:

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★ Kootenay (electoral district), a federal district in use from 1903 to 1914

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★ Kootenay East, a federal district from 1914 to 1966 and 1987 to 1996

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★ Okanagan—Kootenay, a federal district from 1966 to 1977

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★ Kootenay East—Revelstoke, a federal district from 1977 to 1987

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★ Kootenay—Columbia, a federal district from 1996 to date

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★ Kootenay West, a federal district from 1914 to 1987

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★ Kootenay West—Revelstoke, a federal district from 1987 to 1996

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★ Kootenay—Boundary—Okanagan, also known as West Kootenay—Okanagan, a federal electoral district in use from 1996 to 2003

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★ Kootenay (provincial electoral district), a provincial district from 1871 to 1878 and 1966 to 1999

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★ Kootenay East (provincial electoral district) from 1890 to 1894

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★ East Kootenay North, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903

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★ East Kootenay South, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903

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★ West Kootenay (provincial electoral district), from 1890 to 1894

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★ West Kootenay North, a provincial district from 1894 to 1898

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★ West Kootenay South, a provincial district from 1894 to 1898

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★ West Kootenay-Nelson, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903

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★ West Kootenay-Revelstoke, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903

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★ West Kootenay-Rossland, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903

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★ West Kootenay-Slocan, a provincial district from 1898 to 1903

★ Salish-Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana

★ ''Kootenai Valley Press'' (also ''Kootenai Valley Times'') a newspaper in Bonners Ferry, Idaho

★ Kootanae House was a fur trading post near present-day Invermere, British Columbia

★ The Kootenay Ice, a junior ice hockey team based in Cranbrook, British Columbia