Makah people

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The Makah people are a Native American tribe of the Pacific Northwest Coast known for their maritime culture, whaling traditions, and residence in the Neah Bay area of Washington State.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Makah people canonical 11
Makah Tribe 10

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Federally recognized tribe ⓘ
Indian reservation ⓘ
Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast ⓘ
Native American people ⓘ
Wakashan language ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
tribal council ⓘ
tribal museum ⓘ
associatedWith Makah people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
capitalVillage Neah Bay ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalArea Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous peoples ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Coast culture area
culturalInstitution Makah Cultural and Research Center ⓘ
culturalPractice potlatch ceremonies ⓘ
storytelling traditions ⓘ
totem and carving traditions ⓘ
dateSigned 1855 ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
federalRecognitionStatus federally recognized tribe ⓘ
governingBody Makah Tribal Council ⓘ
knownFor maritime culture ⓘ
ocean-going canoes ⓘ
sea hunting ⓘ
whaling traditions ⓘ
language Makah language ⓘ
languageFamily Wakashan languages ⓘ
surface form: Southern Wakashan languages
location Clallam County, Washington ⓘ
notableArchaeologicalSite Ozette archaeological site ⓘ
oceanRights offshore fishing grounds in the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
populationCenter Neah Bay ⓘ
surface form: Neah Bay community
primaryLocation Neah Bay ⓘ
surface form: Neah Bay, Washington

Olympic Peninsula ⓘ
region Pacific Northwest ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Ditidaht ⓘ
Nuu-chah-nulth peoples ⓘ
surface form: Nuu-chah-nulth

Quileute people ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
traditional Makah spiritual beliefs ⓘ
reservation Makah Reservation ⓘ
surface form: Makah Indian Reservation
signatory Makah people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
state Washington ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
cedar plank longhouses ⓘ
dugout canoes ⓘ
wood carving ⓘ
traditionalSubsistence deer hunting ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
seal hunting ⓘ
shellfish gathering ⓘ
whale hunting ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Cape Flattery ⓘ
surface form: Cape Flattery area

Northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Neah Bay ⓘ
treatyRights fishing rights ⓘ
whaling rights ⓘ
tribalGovernment Makah Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shi Shi Beach → requiresPermitFrom → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Cape Flattery → ownedBy → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Cape Flattery → accessRestrictedBy → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Makah Reservation → inhabitedBy → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Makah Reservation → partOf → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Neah Bay → administeredBy → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Neah Bay → isCommunityOf → Makah people ⓘ
Neah Bay → culturalSignificanceFor → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Quileute people → relatedEthnicGroup → Makah people ⓘ
Makah people → signatory → Makah people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Treaty of Neah Bay
Makah people → associatedWith → Makah people self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ozette archaeological site
Hoh people → relatedEthnicGroup → Makah people ⓘ
Tatoosh Island → historicallyUsedBy → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Tatoosh Island → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe
Treaty of Neah Bay → signatory → Makah people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Makah Tribe