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Makah

Handbook of North American Indians. Northeast7Published In 1990 • Pages: 422-430

By: Renker, Ann M., Gunther, Erna.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The Makah are the people of the area around Cape Flattery at the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in the state of Washington. This paper, based on secondary source material, describes their traditional culture including data on villages, environment, external relations, social organization, ceremonies, subsistence patterns, house types, canoes, technology, and history.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Geography
Cultural participation
Status, role, and prestige
Marine hunting
Fishing
Diet
Visual arts
Boats
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
essay
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
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle; 2009
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1788-1984
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Cape Flattery area, Washington State, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Ann M. Renker and Erna Gunther
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Nootka Indians
Nuu-chah-nulth Indians