Flathead

flathead English Montana Salish language Etymology From en flat head, from the practice of compressing the skull in infancy by artificial means. However, the Salish tribe never practised this custom, the confusion arising from the fact that the early traders felt compelled to adopt the local Indian classification, which considered the prevailing compressed skull of the neighbouring tribes as pointed and the naturally shaped Salish skull by contrast as flat. Noun One of the Salish people of Washington state and British Columbia. Derived terms en Flathead County Proper noun Their Salishan language. Synonyms en Kalispel-Pend d'Oreille Further reading fla en terms with consonant pseudo-digraphs en Languages