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plural Makah or Makahs
: a member of an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest coast residing in northwestern Washington state
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: the Wakashan language of the Makah people
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Best Hike to a Beach Shi Shi Beach and Point of Arches: Olympic National Park and Makah Tribal Land, Washington
Olympic National Park boasts some dramatic coastal landscapes, and Shi Shi Beach might be the most famous thanks to its bevy of sea stacks.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 29 May 2025
The track is a collaboration with tribal group the Makah Singers and was written and recorded for NBC/Peacock nature series The Americas, which premiered this week.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
The Skokomish, Klallam, Makah, Quileute, Hoh, Queets, and Quinault people's traditional land borders and lies within this national park; today, eight Olympic Peninsula tribes live nearby and maintain a relationship to it.
—Kayla Brock, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2023
The Washington cases, brought by the Makah and Shoalwater Bay tribes, are among those seeking damages for specific harms.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
The research is welcome for people like Arnold, the Makah fisherman, who rely on the ocean for sustenance.
—Isabella Breda, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2022
The resources contained by the sanctuary, which spans 135 miles of coastline, are co-managed by four coastal native tribes, Hoh, Makah and Quileute, as well as the Quinault Indian Nation, in addition to the state of Washington and the United States.
—Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2020
Longing to connect with other Native Americans in the region, the 31-year-old member of the Makah Tribe helped form the Uptown Singerz, a Native American drum group that shares and celebrates their heritage.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 29 May 2025
The track is a collaboration with tribal group the Makah Singers and was written and recorded for NBC/Peacock nature series The Americas, which premiered this week.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
The Skokomish, Klallam, Makah, Quileute, Hoh, Queets, and Quinault people's traditional land borders and lies within this national park; today, eight Olympic Peninsula tribes live nearby and maintain a relationship to it.
—Kayla Brock, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 May 2023
The Washington cases, brought by the Makah and Shoalwater Bay tribes, are among those seeking damages for specific harms.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
The research is welcome for people like Arnold, the Makah fisherman, who rely on the ocean for sustenance.
—Isabella Breda, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2022
The resources contained by the sanctuary, which spans 135 miles of coastline, are co-managed by four coastal native tribes, Hoh, Makah and Quileute, as well as the Quinault Indian Nation, in addition to the state of Washington and the United States.
—Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2020
Longing to connect with other Native Americans in the region, the 31-year-old member of the Makah Tribe helped form the Uptown Singerz, a Native American drum group that shares and celebrates their heritage.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 2 June 2023
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“Makah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Makah. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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