History of the Makah

     The Makah Culture originating from the northwestern tip of Washington State, United States consists of 5 permanent villages.  All housed along the shore the Waatch, Deah, Ozette, Bahaada, and soles, inhabit two to four thousand Makah natives in the early 1800's. The Makah Tribe is actually pronounced Muh-Kaw and is the name that the English gave them. They call themselves Qwiqwidicciat which means people of the point. During the beginning of the Makah timeline the environment is what they knew most about, activities like whaling, fishing and hunting.
      Whaling was one of the biggest traditions of the Makah tribe.  In the late 1700's the Makah tribe took a turn for the worst, after an encounter with europeans the tribe withered down because of small pox, tuberculosis, influenza and whooping cough.  In hopes to save the tribe and culture the Makah tribe signed the Treaty of the Neah Bay with the United states on January 31, 1855 to protect Themselves against further troubles.  With that the Makah culture continued to thrive on the land and sea of the area and became the successful culture that they are today.  Stay tuned to next weeks blog post about the physical landscape of the homeland of the Makah Culture!