The Makah Tribe, misnamed by a neighboring tribe, traditionally lived in longhouses and relied on the sea for their livelihoods, including whaling. Diseases brought by Europeans caused deaths and knowledge gaps. The Treaty of Neah Bay in 1855 granted the Makah whaling rights and a reservation, where they can still hunt one whale a year. […]
The Makah Indians are a Pacific Northwest tribe in Washington state who have lived in the region for over 3,000 years, surviving through fishing and whaling. They refer to themselves as “people who live near rocks and seagulls”. The tribe’s traditional dwellings were longhouses made of red cedar planks, and they used red cedar bark […]
