KOOTENAI

I. noun or Kutenai (plural -nai or -nais) Etymology: ultimately from ~ ktunaxa, a self-designation of some Canadian ~ Date: 1801 a member of an American Indian people of the Rocky Mountains in both the United States and Canada, the language of the ~ people, II. geographical name or (in Canada) Kootenay river 407 miles (655 kilometers ) SW Canada & NW United States in British Columbia, Montana, & Idaho flowing through