Kootenay

Kootenay (predominant spelling in Canada), Kootenai (predominant spelling in the United States), is alternately spelled Kootanae or Kutenai. The name comes from the name of the Ktunaxa (Kootenai/Kutenai), a Native American/First Nations people in British Columbia, Idaho and Montana, and their Kutenai language, also known as "Ktunaxan".

It may refer to:
*In Canada, it is primarily used to refer to the Kootenays region comprising southeastern British Columbia (which includes the East Kootenay and West Kootenay which are separate regions from each other).
*Ktunaxa Kinbasket Tribal Council, the tribal council for Kutenai and Kinbasket peoples, including those in the United States. There is also a Kootenay Kinbasket Treaty Council with the same member bands.
*Kootanae House, a historical North West Company fur trade post near present-day Invermere, British Columbia,
*Kootenays, a region of southern British Columbia, Canada
*Kootenay River (or "Kootenai River" in the United States) of southeastern British Columbia in Canada and northern Idaho and western Montana in the United States, whose basin roughly defines the area known as the Kootenays
*Kootenay Lake, on the Kootenay River in British Columbia
*Lake Koocanusa (a portmanteau of Kootenay-Canada-USA), a reservoir on the Kootena(y/i) River that crosses the Canada–U.S. border
*HMCS "Kootenay" a warship in the Royal Canadian Navy.
*Kootenay National Park, British Columbia national park, source of the Kootenay River
*Kootenai, Idaho, a city
*Kootenai County, Idaho
*Kootenai National Forest in western Montana and northern Idaho
*A proposed new state, formed from the union of the six northern-most counties of Idaho with the six western-most counties of Montana.
*Regional District of East Kootenay, British Columbia
*Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia
*Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia
* Numerous electoral districts in British Columbia. See Kootenay (electoral districts)
*Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana
*"Kootenai Valley Press" (also "Kootenai Valley Times") a newspaper in Bonners Ferry, Idaho
*The Kootenay Ice, a junior ice hockey team based in Cranbrook, British Columbia
* A piece of climbing equipment