Government The Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes have a tribal council with a tribal chairperson, and executive treasurer, an executive secretary, and an internal auditor. There are committees for health and human services, the Job Corps center, the tribal court, law and order, the Head Start program, education, forestry, and natural resources. The Confederated Tribes control approximately 400,000 acres of non-irrigated grazing land within the reservation, as well as approximately 15,500 acres of cropland. There is a tribally owned construction firm as well as several other construction firms owned by individual Indians in the reservation area. The tribe is a highly developed business presence in the region.
Tribal land is the dominant source of timber for the region's lumber industry.
Tourism facilities, including a large resort, are significant tribal enterprises. Much tribal revenue comes from leasing fees paid by the State of Montana for the tribally owned Kerr Dam, which supplies hydroelectirc power. A tribally-owned electronics firm manufactures solid state electronics items, and the tribe also owns a leasing firm and a construction firm. A tribal holding company is the parent company to the tribal marina and resort, the electronics firm, the leasing company and the construction enterprise. The tribe also receives revenue from fishing, hunting, and camping fees.