NEAH BAY — The Makah Cultural and Research Center will celebrate its 45th anniversary from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The annual celebration will be at the center, 1880 Bayview Ave. The center ...

NEAH BAY — The Makah Cultural and Research Center will celebrate its 45th anniversary from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The annual celebration will be at the center, 1880 Bayview Ave. The center, which ...

This rich bounty - tens of thousands of perfectly preserved objects unearthed in the 1970s - forms the basis of the Makah Cultural Center collection. It's all displayed in a modern building with ...

Janine Bowechop, executive director of the Makah Cultural & Research Center, said this thinking is still alive. "All we want is the chance to protect our traditions," she explained. "We believe ...

NEAH BAY — The Makah Cultural and Research Center has been awarded funding from Communities for Immunity in support of its work to promote vaccine confidence in Neah Bay. The $9,997 award will support ...

“We have always lived sustainably and in balance with our environment,” said DePoe, walking a visitor around the Makah cultural center in Neah Bay. Pointing to various exhibits showing the ...

Photograph by Theresa Parker, courtesy the Makah Cultural and Research Center, Neah Bay, WA. The Makah’s treaty-guaranteed right to whale was last officially invoked 25 years ago. It was prompted by ...

Janine Bowechop, executive director of the Makah Cultural & Research Center, said this thinking is still alive. "All we want is the chance to protect our traditions," she explained. "We believe ...

she helped researchers from the Makah Cultural and Research Center and mentored younger tribal members in language and craft skills. She was a distinguished weaver of cedar baskets who once ...

Claplanhoo died of a heart attack March 14 at age 81. Under his leadership, he helped create the Makah Cultural and Research Center in Neah Bay after the Ozette village was uncovered during a dig.

Whaling is central to Makah culture and treaty rights explicitly protect the tribe’s right to hunt whales, leaders said. “There is now a defined path for us to exercise our reserved treaty ...

Claplanhoo, 81, died of a heart attack March 14. Under his leadership, he helped create the Makah Cultural and Research Center in Neah Bay. Claplanhoo was the tribal chairman when the Ozette ...