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![[Makah - Washington flag]](../images/x/xa-makah.gif)
image by Donald Healy, 13 January 2008
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![[Makah - Washington map]](../images/x/xa-makahmap.gif)
map image by Peter Orenski based on input from Don Healy
Makah - Washington
The westernmost tribal lands in the continental United States belong to a people speaking a dialect of the Wakashan language, the Makah (ENAT, 121-122). Although different from their Coastal Salish or Haida neighbors, the Makah share many elements of culture, art, and living conditions with them, and include some in the Makah flag.
© Donald Healy 2008
The flag is white with a red and white thunderbird with black accents in the center. The depiction of the thunderbird recalls the artistic style of Pacific Northwest Coast Indians. The Makah, like many of their neighbors in western
Washington, carved totem poles [see Upper Skagit, Lummi].
The thunderbird, one of the most powerful of creatures in Native lore, holds a black whale in its talons. The whale recalls the Makah heritage as expert whalers, unlike many northwestern Tribes who used only beached whales, the Makah actively
hunted them. In October 1997, they were granted the right to resume an annual gray whale hunt.
To either side of the thunderbird is a black and white serpent with red tongue. Arching over the central device in red is "MAKAH INDIAN
NATION"; beneath it in black are the names of the five villages of the Makah Nation: "DIA'HT, WA'ATCH, OSETT, TSOO-YESS, BA'ADAH" (Letter, Leonard "Bud" Denney, 24 March 1997). The flag dates to the 1960s.
[Thanks to the Makah Tribal Secretary, Neah Bay, Washington.]
© Donald Healy 2008
information provided by Peter Orenski, 13 January 2008
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