Makah Tribe



Various Spellings: Makah, Maha

Ancestral Homeland: Cape Flattery, now northwestern Washington.

Whalers

Tribal Headquarters
Makah Tribal Council PO Box 115 Neah Bay, Wa 98357 Ph. 1.360-645-2201 email - makah@centurytel.net

Makah Cultural and Research Center P.O. Box 160 Neah Bay, WA 98357 Ph. 1.360-645-2711 Fax: 1.360-645-2656 email - makahmuseum@centurytel.net


 * Official Makah Nation web site

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Makah tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods. Additional details are given in John Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North.

Reservations
This tribe is primarily associated with the Makah Reservation in Washington.

Treaties

 * 1815
 * 1825
 * 1855

s

 * Neah Bay Agency, M595, births and deaths 1925-1932, FHL Film 579696

Important Web Sites

 * Official Makah Nation web site
 * Constitution and Bylaws of the Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation, Adopted in 1936
 * Makah Tribe Wikipedia