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The upper Columbia valley lies between the Rocky and Purcell mountains, with marshes and lakes along its broad floodplain. Ktunaxa people moved through this country with the seasons. In late summer they fished for spawning salmon in the Columbia; at other times they hunted deer and mountain sheep or crossed the Rockies to pursue bison on the plains. Camps in the wetlands preserve traces of their long presence.