Canada, 1978 AD., British Columbia Indian Heritage - Series II, Kootenay, Dollar trade token, Sherritt mint.

Canada, British Columbia Indian Heritage - Series II, Kootenay Token, Sherritt mint (Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta), 1978 AD.,
Dollar trade token (ø 33 mm / 14,02 g), nickel (magnetic), axes medal alignment ↑↑ (0°), reeded edge,
Obv.: c 1841 / 1893 - ISADORE , bust of Chief Isadore, leader of the Ktunaxa/Kootenay people in the 1860s Tobacco Plains War in British Columbia, facing, mint mark r. below.
Rev.: BRITISH COLUMBIA / Charlotte Basil / Ike Basil · Agatha Jacobs / 1978 / KOOTENAY DOLLAR / CURRENCY VALUE $ 100 EXPIRES JULY 31, 1978 , two Kootenay natives in a canoe, harvesting wild rice; left above, another bust of an Indian facing half r. (three names above the scene of Kootenays known for building these types of canoes), the decimal point (dot) in "VALUE $ 1.00" is allways missing.
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Kootenay (predominant spelling in Canada), Kootenai (predominant spelling in the United States), is alternately spelled Kootanae or Kutenai.
Kootenay also refers to the Ktunaxa people (Kootenai/Kutenai), a Native American/First Nations people in British Columbia, Idaho and Montana, and their Kutenai language, also known as Ktunaxan or Kitunahan.
The Kootenay (ˈkuːtni/ KOOT-nee) Region (in common parlance "The Kootenays") comprises the southeastern portion of British Columbia. It takes its name from the Kootenay River, which in turn was named for the Ktunaxa (or Kootenai or Kutenai) First Nation first encountered by explorer David Thompson.