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Research Helps Sustain Culturally Important Resources for Makah Tribe
NEAH BAY (June 29,2009)¬–Makah Tribal member Jeremiah Johnson remembers as boy hunting with his uncle. “I started hunting when I was 12-years-old,” said Johnson. “I learned from my family members. This is traditional knowledge passed on from generation to generation.”
Learning from their ancestors and gaining intimate knowledge of their homelands is part of subsistence hunting for all Makah tribal hunters. The Makah Tribe has always relied on elk and deer to sustain them and used all parts of the animal for tools and regalia. Only elk antlers were used to make harpoon barbs for whaling. Today, deer and elk meat help feed families in the remote village of Neah Bay while all the while contributing to cultural and spiritual life.
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News Releases
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Legislative
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NWIFC Blog
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