Makah Reservation
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Makah Reservation is an Indian reservation for the Makah located on the most northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, Washington, USA. The northern boundary of the reservation is the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The western boundary is the Pacific Ocean. It has a land area of 121.451 km² (46.892 sq mi) and a 2000 census resident population of 1,356 persons. Its largest community is Neah Bay.
Native North Americans who in the early 19th century inhabited Cape Flattery, Washington. According to Lewis and Clark they then numbered some 2,000. The Makah are the southernmost of the Wakashan branch of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock, being the only member of the Wakashan group within the United States. Makah culture was fundamentally that of the Pacific Northwest Coast area. In 1855 they ceded all their lands to the United States except a small area on Cape Flattery that was set aside as a reservation. Today most of the 1,600 Makah in the United States live on the Makah Reservation; their main tribal income is from forestry.
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[edit] References
- Makah Reservation, Washington United States Census Bureau
[edit] External links
- makah.com - The official site of the Makah Tribe.
- The Makah Tribe: People of the Sea and the Forest
- Makah Tribal Profile
- Makah Prepare to Hunt Whales
- Oyate Ta Olowan Wade and Patrick Greene, Makah from Neah Bay, Washington
- Tribe's trail eases access to a wild stretch of coastlineAndrew Engelson
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 20, 2003
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