Makah

American  

[muh-kaw] / məˈkɔ /

noun

PLURAL

Makahs,

PLURAL

Makah

1. a member of an American Indian people of the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington.

2. the Wakashan language of the Makah.

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Example Sentences

“When I walk into my garden and can see lettuce grown by Thomas Jefferson, a pepper variety brought by Italian immigrants, an onion introduced at Walla Walla by a French soldier who carried it from Corsica or a potato grown by the Makah people, the stories associated with those crops feed my spirit as much as the food nourishes my body,” he adds.

From Seattle Times

Driftwood, the bar restaurant with the prime real estate across from Alki Beach, runs a seafood dinner menu with fish sourced from tribes, such as black cod from the Makah Indian Nation and white sturgeon from the Yakama Nation.

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In addition to her public remarks in Taholah, Haaland also visited with Kilmer and tribal leaders in a closed-door listening session, including members of the Quileute, Hoh, Makah, Lower Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Suquamish, Skokomish, Squaxin Island, Chehalis and Puyallup tribes.

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“It isn’t until you visit places like Taholah, the Quileute School in La Push and the villages of the Hoh and Makah tribes when you really get to truly understand the imminent threats facing our tribal communities,” Kilmer said.

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“Visions of a Makah” are the visions of Frank Peterson — vivid paintings and carved masks that combine abstraction and figuration in surreal portrayals of Native Northwest Coast figures, symbols and legends.

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