Ruth E. Claplanhoo, the last tribal elder for whom the Makah language was a mother tongue, died Monday at the age of 100 at her home in Neah Bay. Born into a world where Native American children ...

A winter storm in 1970 ripped apart a muddy bank near Cape Alava, spilling 500-year-old wooden bowls and baskets onto the ...

The collection included baskets created by Klickitat, Tlingit, Wasco, Makah, Nisqually and other tribes. “Sutt was a well-round collector and a very active volunteer at Fort Nisqually,” Lyle said.

Through the thousands of blankets, baskets, and other staples of the Makah people, a rare window into the ancient past is granted. Thanks to this incredible site on the Olympic Peninsula, ...

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. ... “I am a ...

Richard Daugherty, a Washington State University professor, unearthed thousands of Makah artifacts near Lake Ozette, Wash. He enlisted Native Americans in the work, creating a template for future ...

Melissa Peterson, a member of the Makah tribe of Neah Bay, Washington, specializes in the creation of Ozette-style Makah baskets, a tradition passed down through her people for about 800 years.

As part of the archaeologists’ partnership with the Makah, Croes had to learn basket weaving from the elders. “I probably learned more in that semester than any graduate class here,” Croes said. His ...

Isabell Ides, one of the last living links to old Indian ways on the Northwest Coast, died Wednesday on the Makah reservation. She was 101. Known by everyone in the small fishing village of Neah ...