"Makah spoken history tells the story of ancient times when
the Makah People, the qwiqwidicciat lived in a world that
revolved around the sea and land. Yet it never lets one forget
the great cultural changes that brought the tribe to where it is
today, a sovereign nation in its traditional homeland. Makah
tribal members live both on and off the reservation and
throughout the world practicing an intertwined contemporary and
native culture. The Makah, both past and present, have
demonstrated their ability to adapt, survive and flourish."
- Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula,
By the Olympic Peninsula Intertribal Advisory Committee
Stories
Fires in the North
The Makah Indians of Washington State told a story that the
aurora borealis (northern lights) were fires in the Far North,
over which a tribe of dwarfs, half the length of a canoe paddle
and so strong they caught whales with their hands, boiled
blubber.
Children
Stolen by Cannibal Basket Woman
Legends
of Tsunamis
Whaling
- A Gift From the Sea
When the Animals and Birds Were Created
Other Sites About Makah
Makah Nation --
On the Olympic Peninsula
The
Makah Whaling Conflict: Background
People
of the Sea and the Forest
The
Flag of the Makah Nation
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