The insignia consists of the following: the bottom half of the shield has three moons representing a former chief, Chief Three Moons. The top right has the state of Idaho, wrapped in a red ribbon with the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho written on it. The left half shows an empty arrow quiver representing the non-treaty tribe, behind that is the unsigned treaty. Another shield is shown representing perpetuity. The seven feathers represent the seven bands of the Kootenai Nation, the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho, the Lower Kootenay Band in Creston B.C., the St. Mary's Band in Cranbrook B.C., the Columbia Lake Band in Windermere, B.C., the Sushwap Band in Invermere, B.C., the Tobacco Plains Band in Grasmere, B.C., and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe in Elmo, MT.

Native American Tribal Insignia