| 单词 | Makah |
| 释义 | Makah, n. and a.|məˈkɑː|
Pl. unchanged or Makahs.
[Clallam màq'áˀa.]
A. n.
a. A member of a North American Indian people, inhabiting Cape Flattery in northwest Washington State.
b. The language of this people, a member of the Nootkan branch of the Wakashan group.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to the Makah.
1855Rep. Indian Affairs 1854 (U.S.) 244 The Clallams as well as the Makahs..carry on a considerable trade with Van Couver's island. 1855Treaty between U.S.A. & Makah Indians (1859) 3 Articles of agreement and convention..on the part of the United States, and the undersigned chiefs, headmen and delegates of the several villages of the Makah tribe of Indians. 1870J. G. Swan Indians of Cape Flattery 44 The shrub is from ten to fifteen feet high... The name in Makah is hul-li-á-ko-bupt. 1911Encycl. Brit. XIV. 462/1 (table) Tribe..Makah... Stock..Wakashan... Situation, Population, &c.,..400 on Makah, 25 on Ozette Reservation, Washington. 1931Travel June 25 (caption) The older women among the Makah Indians of Neah Bay still carry on the art of weaving. Ibid. 73/2 The Quil-e-utes and the Makahs were separated by miles and miles of this rough Pacific coast. 1953E. Colson Makah Indians i. 3 On the reservation, the Makah approximate more and more to the whites in custom. Ibid. iii. 53 The rest use English at least as commonly as they do Makah. Ibid. iv. 118, I heard other Makah engaged in arguments with whites. 1975New Columbia Encycl. 1667/3 Makah culture was fundamentally that of the Pacific Northwest Coast area. In 1855 they ceded all their lands to the United States except a small area on Cape Flattery... Today they live on Makah Reservation, where they number some 500. 1991Vis à Vis May 54/1, I..chatted with fellow passengers, including a Makah Indian from Neah Bay. |
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