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Nhe Makah Indians
A picture of a modern American Indian group faced with the problem of understanding its position within American society.
The Makah Indians
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Drawing Back Culture
The Makah Indians of Washington State--briefly in the national spotlight when they resumed their ancient whaling traditions in 1999--have begun a process that will eventually lead to the repatriation of objects held by museums and federal agencies nationwide. Drawing Back Culture describes the early stages of the tribe's implementation of what some consider to be the most important piece of cultural policy legislation in the history of the United States: the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). NAGPRA was passed by Congress in 1990 to give Native people a mechanism through which they could reclaim specific objects of importance to the tribe. Because NAGPRA definit...
Voices of a Thousand People
Voices of a Thousand People is the story of one Native community?s efforts to found their own museum and empower themselves to represent their ancient traditional lifeways, their historic experiences with colonialism, and their contemporary efforts to preserve their heritage for generations to come. This ethnography richly portrays how a community embraced the archaeological discovery of Ozette village in 1970 and founded the Makah Cultural and Research Center (MCRC) in 1979. Oral testimonies, participant observation, and archival research weave a vivid portrait of a cultural center that embodies the self-image of a Native American community in tension with the identity assigned to it by others.
They Walked Before
History of the Indian tribes of Washington State, including the Yakima, Puyallup, Nisqually, Chehalis, Hoh, Colville, Kalispel, Lummi, Makah, Muckleshoot, Nooksack, Clallam, Cowlitz, Klickitat, Skagit, Quinault, Skokomish, Spokan, San Juan, Swinomish, Tualalip, Chinook, Duwamish, Cayuse, Samish, Walla Walla, Samish, Snohomish, Kikiallus, Snoqualmie, Stellacoom, Stillaguamish.
