Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A member of a Native American people inhabiting the Cape Flattery area of northwest Washington.
- noun The Wakashan language of the Makah.
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- proper noun An indigenous North American people in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula of
Washington state inNorth America . - proper noun A language belonging to the
Southern Wakashan language family. - adjective Of or pertaining to the Makah nation or language.
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Examples
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And, if you're in no rush to return to civilization, head north to Neah Bay, home to the Makah Indian Reservation the Makah cultural museum, with a description of the traditional whale hunt, is excellent and craggy Cape Flattery, the most northwest point in the continental U.S., at the end of a winding trail.
Port Townsend, Washington Larry M. Greenberg 2011
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The Makah, the Muckleshoots, the Tulalip ... maybe Smith's really a just a shill for native casinos.
GE Lobbying Firm is Rep. Smith’s Top Contributor « PubliCola 2010
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In 2008, four members of the Makah Tribe were sentenced to prison and probation for illegally killing a gray whale off the northwest coast of Washington.
Nancy Black, Marine Biologist, Indicted For Violating Marine Mammal Protection Act (Video) 2012
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Is it essential to know the color of the slicker an unnamed detective is wearing in a bar as he listens in on a new informant, or to delve into an old caviar-trafficking case or the Makah tribe's whale hunt in the late 1990s?
Craig Welch's "Shell Games: Rogues, Smugglers, and the Hunt for Nature's Bounty" 2010
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Besides, suppose you let a Makah claim their traditional rights, exercise their traditional culture, study their historical records to re-institute practices that had worked well for generations.
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After listening to these accounts and watching Makah elders on the Olympia Peninsula cook salmon in this way, Jon Rowley, a former commercial fisherman who lives in Seattle and works as a consultant to both the fishing and wine industries, developed this method for slow oven roasting.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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The Makah generally season salmon with only salt and black pepper or spiceberry.
One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010
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Because of tensions with the Makah and an unsettled political relationship with the British, Neah Bay was abandoned in the fall of 1792, leaving behind only the crude bricks of a primitive bread oven.
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One site — Ozette Village — has given us a dramatic glimpse of Makah culture which centered around whaling and other ocean-dependent hunting, gathering and fishing activities.
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Today's Makah, Quileute, Hoh and Quinault tribes carry their heritage forward balancing their roles as natural resource managers and stewards of traditional culture.
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