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The Makah Tribe owns the Makah Indian Reservation on the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula; it includes Tatoosh Island. They live in and around the town of Neah Bay, Washington, a small fishing village. Tribal census data from 1999 show that the Makah Tribe has 1,214 enrolled members; some 1,079 live on the reservation.
The Makah tribe originally called themselves "Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx" which roughly translates to "people who live by the rocks and seagulls," however, their neighbors referred to them as the "Makah" meaning "generous with food" which is the name now more commonly used when addressing the tribe.
The site was a village occupied by the Ozette Makah people until a mudslide inundated the site around the year 1750. [3] It is located in the now unpopulated Ozette Indian Reservation . The 22-mile-long Hoko-Ozette Road, accessed via Washington State Route 112 , terminates at the NPS Lake Ozette Ranger Station , within the coastal strip of ...
The Makah, a tribe of 1,500 people on the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula, is the only Native American tribe with a treaty that specifically mentions a right to hunt whales.
The Makah language is the indigenous language spoken by the Makah.Makah has not been spoken as a first language since 2002, when its last fluent native speaker died. However, it survives as a second language, and the Makah tribe is attempting to revive the language, including through preschool classes.
$1,183,114 for the Makah Indian Tribe. $1,068,102 for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. $649,322 for the Quileute Tribe. $627,646 for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. $246,141 for the Hoh Indian Tribe.
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections – Makah Cultural and Research Center Online Museum Exhibit History and culture of the Makah tribe; includes images from Tatoosh Island. Research summaries, scientific articles, photographs of Tatoosh Island and its organisms, and a video interview of ecologists Cathy Pfister and Tim Wootton
Edward Eugene Claplanhoo (August 8, 1928 – March 14, 2010) was an American Makah elder and former chairman of the Makah Tribe, located on the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state. Claplanhoo was the first Makah to earn a bachelor's degree. [1]