Voices of a Thousand People
Subtitle: The Makah Cultural and Research Center
Contributors: Janine Bowechop (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: May 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780803218246
Subjects: Anthropology; Cultural studies; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Social groups & communities; Makah Cultural and Research Center; Native American Anthropology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Sociology; Washington state; Makah Indians; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Social Science / Native American Studies; Ethnic identity; Makah Cultural and Research Ce
First sentence: It was January 1863, the rainy season, and James Gilcrest Swan was preparing dried sponges, evergreen boughs, and whale skin barnacles to ship to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC.
Description: "Voices of a Thousand People is the story of one Native community's struggle to regain control of its past and preserve their heritage for generations to come.

The remote northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State is the homeland of the Makah Indian Nation, whose name in their own language translates to "the People Who Live by the Rocks and Seagulls." Rich in ceremony, art, and tradition and nationally known for their revival of whale hunting, the Makahs have devoted themselves to revitalizing their traditional language and culture."--BOOK JACKET.