Django 1.9.7 is compatible with python 2. Django 1.11 is planned to be last version supporting python 2, the last version for django 1 and will be on long term support.
Only django 2 will drop support for python 2. For the original question, the issue seems related to salute. The content of settings.python and the output of sqlite --version could help. The command might be named sqlite3 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAEuG%2BTZZRPX_vmu-x62vP_J%2BvseDxZvA%2BOOxmCQzwab9O32UHA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

