"Us Indians Don't Want Our Reservation Opened"The written records of Salish, Pend dOreille, and Kootenai Indian history between 1907 and 1911 are dominated by continued complaints against allotting and opening the reservation. A long string of letters and a series of delegations to Washington, DC, left no doubt that the Indian leaders and tribal members opposed the opening. Tribal members recognized that the allotment policy was driven by white mens greed and desire to get tribal assets at