In-depth biography of James Gilcrest Swan, the first to teach, and live among, the Makah Indians of Neah Bay, record their culture, and collect their artifacts

This volume in the Perspectives in American Social History series highlights the extraordinary contributions of ordinary men, women, and children in the transfo

The heyday of anthropological collecting on the Northwest Coast took place between 1875 and the Great Depression. The scramble for skulls and skeletons, poles,

With the gray whale off the endangered list, the Makah Indians decide to resurrect the skills of their ancestors and return to the hunt amidst tribal infighting

Voices of a Thousand People is the story of one Native community?s efforts to found their own museum and empower themselves to represent their ancient tradition