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Neah Bay: the Makah in transition

Pacific northwest quarterly43Published In 1952 • Pages: 262-272

By: Miller, Beatrice Diamond.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is a short discussion of changes in Makah culture in terms of the community, economy, diet and personality. The author, an ethnologist, finds that the major disruption of Makah values and attitudes occurred, not during the period of active hostility on the part of the government toward the indigenous culture, but rather during the period of active inter-culture contact. However, most of the indigenous values seem to have been retained in modified form, in keeping with the changes in material culture and diet as a result of White contact.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Settlement patterns
Public welfare
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Diet
Age stratification
Fishing
Labor supply and employment
Personality traits
Ethos
Cultural revitalization and ethnogenesis
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Nuu-chah-nulth
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2010
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Northwest Coast and California
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Timothy J. O'Leary ; 1960: John Beierle; 2010
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1949
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1900-1949
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Makah Indians, Neah Bay, Washington State, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Beatrice D. Miller
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
08030966
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Nootka Indians
Nuu-chah-nulth Indians