FDI - Makah

The Makah were a maritime hunter/gatherer tribe closely related to the Nootka of British Columbia's Vancouver Island. Whale and seal hunting were important to their economy and traditions. They were located about Cape Flattery, but their territories extended as far east as the Hoko River and south to Flattery Rocks, and included Tatoosh Island. A great deal of their culture was lost by the banning of the potlatch. They live today in a portion or their aboriginal territory.

Aboriginal Locations (Villages)

WA (3 winter villages, 4 summer villages)

Year	*History*
15XX	Catastrophic mudslide at Ozette buried several, later important archeological site
1788	Visited by John Mears
1790	Manual Quimper explored both shores of strait, Spanish arrived, established fort for 2 years
1792	Area charted by Capt. George Vancouver
1805	Visited by Lewis and Clark
1809	Shipwrecked Russians and Aleuts held as captives
1833	Three shipwrecked Japanese held captive
1841	Influx of Oregon Trail settlers, conflicts began
1843	Fort Vancouver established
1852	Smallpox epidemic
1855	Reservation established
1935	Road 112 completed, first land access
1999	Makah resumed whaling

Year	U.S. Population	Source
1700	2,000	NAHDB calculation
1780	2,000	Mooney estimate
1800	2,000	NAHDB calculation
1805	2,000	Lewis and Clark
1900	450	NAHDB calculation
1905	435	Official
1910	360	Census
1923	425	US Indian Office
1937	407	US Indian Office
1973	571	BIA
1981	927	BIA
1983	1,049	C. Hall
2000	2,000	NAHDB calculation
2003	2,356	IHS

Makah Tribes Sites:

British Explorer James Cook ... http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5035

Earthquake of Enormous Magnitude ... http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5098

Everyone Should Celebrate The Makah Whale Hunt http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/40/191.html

Federal Government Reaffirms Makah Whaling Rights http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2001/jul01/noaa01r121.html

Makah Basket http://www.artsmia.org/surrounded-by-beauty/northwest/basket_home.html

Makah Baskets http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/baskets/artists/trinket.html

Makah Baskets http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/baskets/idgame/cmakah.html

Makah Flag http://www.the-flag-center.com/store/moreinfo.cfm?Product_ID=717&CFID=1179602&CFTOKEN=54438495

Makah Indian Tribe and Whaling http://www.cnie.org/NAE/docs/makahfaq.html

Makah Indian Tribe Constitution and By-Laws http://doc.narf.org/nill/Constitutions/makahconst/makahconsttoc.htm

Makah Language http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=MYH

Makah Linguistic Lineage http://www.ethnologue.com/show_lang_family.asp?code=MYH

Makah Management Plan For Makah Treaty Gray Whale Hunting For The Years 1998-2002 http://www.nwifc.wa.gov/whaling/whaleplan.html

Makah Museum http://www.stahlvacations.com/museum.htm

Makah Museum http://www.makah.com/mcrchome.htm

Makah Nation http://www.northolympic.com/makah/

Makah Nootka Basket Miniature http://www.simplybaskets.com/Makah_Nootka_Indian_Basket_Miniature.html

Makah: The Tribe Who Would Be Whalers http://www.hsus.org/marine_mammals/what_are_the_issues/whaling/makah_the_tribe_who_would_be_whalers/

Makah: Tradition Under Fire http://web.kitsapsun.com/packages/whalehunt/

Makah Treaty -1855 - Excerpt http://www.anti-whaling.com/makah_hunt/treaty.htm

Makah Treaty Challenges Fishing Rights - 1951

Makah Tribal Law and Order Code http://www.tribalresourcecenter.org/ccfolder/makahpre.htm

Makah Tribal Profile http://www.npaihb.org/profiles/tribal_profiles/Washington/Makah%20Tribal%20Profile.htm

Makah Tribe http://www.makah.com/

Makah Tribe and Their Hunting History http://www.sei.org/hunt_history.html

Makah Tribe Defends Its Larger ... Salmon Catch http://www.cnie.org/NAE/cases/makah/

Makah Tribe Kills Whale http://library.thinkquest.org/26026/Current_Events/makah_tribe_kills_whale.html

Makah Tribe, Olympic Peninsula http://www.somersetsongs.com/makah.htm

Makah Tribe; People of the Sea and Forest http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/renker.html

Makah Whale Hunt http://www.cnie.org/NAE/cases/makah/

Makah Whaling http://www.naja.com/phoenix/PP99/makah.html

Makah Whaling http://historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5301

Neah Bay http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/north_america/western_usa/washington/neahbay.html

Oldest Tribal Member ... Last Fluent in Makah Language Dies http://www.aaanativearts.com/article556.html

Ozette Dig http://www.pbinn.com/ozette%20pi.htm

Potato of the Makah http://www.potatogenome.org/nsf3/outreach/makah/the_makah_potato.php

Puppet Center Hosts Makah Tribal Tales http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/index.cfm?action=story&storyid=200411111592949&id=34

Treaty Breaking http://mindprod.com/feedback/animalstreaty.html

Treaty of Neah Bay http://www.explorenorth.com/library/weekly/more/bl-MakahTreaty.htm

Whaling People, A ... http://www.highnorth.no/Library/Hunts/Makah/a-wh-pe.htm

*Ethnie:*	MAKAH
*Language:*	Makah
*Family:*	Southern Wakashan
*Stock:*	Wakashan
*Phylum:*	Wakashan
*Macro-Culture:*	Northwestern