Makah and their Neighbors

     The Neighbors of the Makah community are also known as 'Aliens'.  They live at Neah bay with the Makah people,  some of them are men and women and children who have lived with the Makah people in their homes.  It was documented in 1942 that there was 410 Makah people, with 97 Makah households, 56 people or approximately 13.6% of them were Aliens of the Tribe.  
     The reasoning for a good amount of aliens is the fact the Makah tribe allow out of tribe marriages.  Most of the neighbors are from groups on Washington or Vancouver island.  Some examples of the other tribes these aliens came from would be, Silctz, Shoshone, Lummi, Sook, Cowichan, Nitiant, Clayoquet, Quinault, Quilcute, and Callam.  There were other people who came to become residents of Neah Bay to work on construction projects in the Cape Flattery area.  They came from the Quinaults, Quileutes, Lummi, Clallam and few Dakota tribes.  
     These neighboring tribes were interested in trading whale products with the Makah tribe, and in return would trade other products.  The Makah tribe were not warlike people so they didn't have many conflicts with their neighbors, they are very accepting people.