Makah
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- Jul 20, 1861Life on the Edge of the World: A Dispatch from Tatoosh IslandA rare 1861 account of the desolate, storm-battered lives of lighthouse keepers and their interactions with the Makah people at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.Neah Bay, WA
- Dec 13, 1893The Makah Nation’s Fleet Challenges the Seal HuntersWith firearms banned, the Makah sealers of Neah Bay turn to traditional hunting methods, outmaneuvering white commercial competitors.Neah Bay, Neah Bay, WA
- May 26, 1894The Makah Sealers’ Schooner ControversyA bureaucratic fight over whether tribal sealers can legally use schooners as refuge during dangerous Bering Sea storms.Neah Bay, WA
- Jun 26, 1895The Quillayute and Makah Had Been Trading Across the Strait for Years. Then the Customs Inspector Arrived.Inspector Fisher of Port Angeles seized $1,500 in blankets, sugar, rope and tinware bought in Victoria, and arrested two Quillayute men who freely admitted the practice — and pleaded it was the custom of years.Port Angeles, WA