Makah
Americannoun
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a member of an American Indian people of the Olympic Peninsula in northwest Washington.
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the Wakashan language of the Makah.
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The king-of-the-salmon got its name from the Makah, Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest coast who believed the species led salmon back to their spawning grounds, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026
Mallahan buys Neah Bay halibut from the Makah Nation, Blackmouth salmon from the Lummi Nation, Shigoku oysters and Manilla clams from Taylor Shellfish, rockfish from the Washington coast and Dungeness crab from Bellingham Bay.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023
But lethal intervention on the Columbia moved forward thanks to the political will and research behind it, said Scordino, the Makah biologist.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 15, 2023
“I started going out with him when I was 10,” said Arnold, a Makah tribal fisherman.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 7, 2022
“A major one. It buried an entire Makah village.”
From "The Sea in Winter" by Christine Day
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