Makah
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The Makah are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast living in Washington, in the northwestern part of the continental United States. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Makah I
A Makah settlement, c. 1900
A Makah woman, c. 1900
Makah whalers, c. 1910
Makah whalers stripping the flesh from a whale, c. 1910.
Neah Bay, Washington
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Neah Bay is a census-designated place on the Makah Reservation in Clallam County, Washington, United States. The population was 935 at the 2020 census. It is across the Canada–US border from British C
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…
View of the Marina
Photograph of a Makah woman carrying wood along Neah Bay in 1908 by Asahel Curtis