Salish was the medicine chief among the tribe of American Indians who lived on the planet Amerind. As medicine man, Salish was bound to marry Miramanee, the tribal priestess, in accordance to their tribal custom. In 2268, he was the most outspoken against Kirok being the god the Wise Ones promised would come to protect them from the asteroid that threatened their planet. Salish lost his position as medicine man, and subsequently Miramanee, to Kirok, following Kirok's miraculous resuscitation of a drowned boy.