Veterans' Headstone Cleaning
Pend Oreille County Community Event: Veterans' Headstone CleaningDate: Sunday, May 18thTime: 8 AM - 5 PM Location: Cusick American Legion 105 Timber St, Cusick, WA As Memorial Day approaches…
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Public Safety
The Kalispel Tribal Public Safety Department provides police, fire and medical services to Kalispel Tribal members and the surrounding community.
All members of the Kalispel Tribal Public Safety Department will continue to provide professional law enforcement, fire fighting, and emergency medical services to all members of the Kalispel Community and our neighbors. We encourage you to join our team, The First Line of Defense, against those persons, elements, and accidents that may want to harm us or our property.
The Public Safety Building is for fire, police, and paramedics to serve the reservation and the communities of Usk and Cusick. The Tribe works in conjunction with other fire and police services in the area. The Tribe has also donated a police vehicle to a surrounding fire district.
PEND OREILLE COUNTY MULTI-JURISDICTION HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN 2018
Locations & Contact
3292 N. LECLERC RD.
CUSICK, WA 99119
HOURS: 7 AM – 5 PM, 7 days a week
World Caribou Day - 6.6.24
Mountain caribou (Rangifer tarandus) occupied the Selkirk Mountains for as long as seventy-five thousand years, it’s only been half a decade since the last of the Southern Selkirk Mountain herd…
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Why is the month of June called sx̣ʷeʔlí spq̓niʔs the "Camas Month" ?
sx̣ʷeʔlí spq̓niʔs, means The Camas Month. History and information on what happened during The Camas Month: Camas were examined to see if it was the correct time to dig…
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Why is the month of May called speƛ̓m spq̓niʔs the "Bitterroot Month" ?
speƛ̓m spq̓niʔs, known as “Bitterroot Month”. Bitterroot was dug before it bloomed. This was an important first foods of the people. History and information on what happened during Bitterroot…
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Why is April called sčiyálmn spq̓niʔs "The Buttercup Month"?
sčiyálmn spq̓niʔs, known as "The Buttercup Month," The Buttercup was said to be the first flower that bloomed in the Spring. A sign to the people, that soon the Bitterroots…
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Why is March called k̓ʷsixʷ spq̓niʔs (The Geese's Month) ?
“K̓ʷsixʷ Spq̓niʔs” (The Geese’s Month), known as the spring month. This is the time that the geese are migrating back north from their vacation down south. History/Information on what people…
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Recognizing the Women in our Public Safety Department
In honor of Women’s History Month, we pause to shine a spotlight on the remarkable women within our Kalispel Tribal Public Safety team. These unsung heroes stand at the forefront…
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Why is February called čqʷosqn spq̓niʔs (Coldest Month) ?
The end of “Skʷssús Spq̓niʔs” (January) was a cold and bad month with snow. At the beginning of “Čqʷosqn Spq̓niʔs”, Mothers would tell their children to go outside and say…
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