Makah Orca Wall Boad by Arnie Smith "Who-Ywo-Toolch"

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Makah Orca Wall Boad by Arnie Smith "Who-Ywo-Toolch"
c. 1970
7 1/4" x 12"
From a Seattle Private Estate Collection
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The Makah (/məˈkɑː/; Klallam: màq̓áʔa)[1] are an indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast living in Washington, in the northwest of the continental United States. They are enrolled in the federally recognized Makah Indian Tribe of the Makah Indian Reservation. Linguistically and ethnographically, they are closely related to the Nuu-chah-nulth and Ditidaht peoples of the West Coast of Vancouver Island, who live across the Strait of Juan de Fuca in British Columbia, Canada.
The Makah Indian Tribe own the Makah Indian Reservation on the northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula; it includes Tatoosh Island. They live in and around the town of Neah Bay, Washington, a small fishing village
The Makah people refer to themselves as Kwih-dich-chuh-ahtx (Qʷidiččaʔa·tx̌) which translates to somewhere near to "the people who live by the rocks and seagulls". Other thought translations include "the people who live on the cape by the seagulls", and "people of the point", as well as several others. Makah was a name given to them by others and means "generous with food"
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