| Variant title |
Maritime world of the Makahs, an indigenous borderlands people |
| Series |
The Henry Roe Cloud series on American Indians and modernity
Henry Roe Cloud series on American Indians and modernity. ^A1145262
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| Contents |
Foreword / by the Makah Tribal Council and Makah Cultural and Research Center -- Introduction: Just where does one get a license to kill Indians? -- "The power of Wickaninnish ends here" -- Inveterate wars and petty pilferings -- "Depending on the success or good-will of the Natives" -- "I want the sea" -- "An anomaly in the Indian Service" -- "Everything is played out here" -- Conclusion: "Events happen when you get a whale" -- Afterword / by Micah McCarty. |
| Abstract |
For the Makahs, a tribal nation at the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States, a deep relationship with the sea is the locus of personal and group identity. Unlike most other indigenous tribes whose lives are tied to lands, the Makah people have long placed marine space at the center of their culture, finding in their own waters the physical and spiritual resources to support themselves. This book is the first to explore the history and identity of the Makahs from the arrival of maritime fur traders in the eighteenth century through the intervening centuries and to the present day. |
| General note | Map on end papers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-377) and index. |
| ISBN | 9780300234640 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 0300234643 (paperback) |
