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4 unusual facts about Makah people


.460 Weatherby Magnum

The Makah people of the Pacific Northwest have used this rifle cartridge for decades hunting whales.

Erna Gunther

An American Indian specialist, her research focused on the Salish and Makah peoples of western Washington State, with publications on ethnobotany, ethnohistory, and general ethnology.

Makah people

Cedar roots were used in basket making, while canoes were carved from whole trees to hunt seals, gray whales and humpback whales.

Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council

Similarly the closely related Ditidaht of the Ditidaht First Nation and the Makah of the other side of the Strait of Juan de Fuca are not members of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council.



see also

Quileute

The Quileute language, also known as Quillayute, a Chimakuan language of the Quileute and Makah people of western Washington state in the United States