The Origins Of The Makah Tribe

They used to spear whales and hope that they would wash up on shore (Sontella 22). They used this method until they made a new weapon for hunting whale. This new weapon is a spear attached to a rope (23-24). They now can spear the animal and drag it to shore using the rope. This weapon is similar to a harpoon.

physically related, and also in many other forms related to the Samburu and Turkana. The

In the tradition of Native American culture, there is no custom of written records of personal life or tribal history. Even though they have written language, the major way to record history is by oral storytelling. Those stories focus more about creation time, tribal and family history rather than individual life. Recording autobiography from different Native American tribes is a convention way for anthropologists to preserve the Indian traditions, which gradually decline and lost after Native American contact with Western culture. Moreover, the autobiographies of Native American individuals also fulfill the public curiosity about their culture. Nevertheless, the culture differences create the confusion and misunderstand in the written records. For the people does not familiar, and understand the Indian cosmology, the autobiography provides us as a tool to reveal the secret veil of Native American. In the same time, it leads a certain degree of deduction about the narrator original meaning.

The Makah tribal reservation, held in Washington’s most upper northwest corner, retained tribal power throughout the past into the present. Throughout the centuries, whales have remained a key aspect of the Makah tribal nation identity through cultural values and practices, compared to the other Coast Salish nation tribes who valued fishing salmon and growing camas. The Makah in past centuries actively hunted whales, and crafted goods (such as boxes, blankets, and other items) with whales on them. Due to this, In the late 1900s, the Makah tribal nation sought to restore whaling rights lost during commercial whaling in the nineteenth century.

I am having a hard time deciding between the Wicca and the California valley Miwok tribe ( or any Miwok tribe) for my project because they are both interesting to me and I am still deciding which one will be easier for me to do this project on. Not easier work wise but just finding somebody to talk to and be able to attend a religious event. The creation myth for the Miwok people are very interesting and there are many versions depending on the tribe. There are many similarities between the versions though such as the coyote-man (O-let’-te) being the creator and there only being water before the earth rose from the ocean. As for the creation of man there are also many versions. Some myths say that man came from the feathers of the turkey buzzard,

They have a vast array of baskets such as clam baskets, plaited cedar bark baskets, root baskets, flat baskets, soft twined basket or berry and cooking baskets. Commonly, it is made of the cedar bark, roots, grasses and rushes and they knit them together. Besides that, they added the tumplines to the basket so that they can easily carry on the back or travel in the canoes. Therefore, it’s firm and lightweight to help them move flexibly. For fishing, they use nets, traps and large V-shaped hook, which is called Halibut hook. They are made of bone, wood, alder and abalone shell. To lure the fish to swallow the bait, they put the piece of octopus into the hook. In addition, they carved the hook because they believe that spirit helps them to make the fish to bite the hook and caught the fish. On the other hand, there are many tools to built the house such as hammer, mallet, hand manual, chisels and wedges. Hand maul and head of hammer is made from stone such as basalt, jadeite and vesicular lava whereas the mallet is made from a big leaf maple and red alder. Both hand mauls and mallets are used for battering and hitting to split the wood. Another supporting tools in splitting the wood are wedges. It’s has different size but commonly it made from elk antler, crabapple wood or yew. The last one is the chisel, which helps people to carve into woods, bone and design symbol on the canoes or houses. It’s made by the beaver tooth, bone and chipped stone. Brows and arrows is used for hunting and war and they also used it in fishing. Thus, this tool is their priority choice and use widely in Native American tribe. Brows is made from wood especially from yew, young cedar, vine maple and elk antler. Quivers, which is made from wood and fur, is contained the arrows. There have various arrowheads type for each active. For example, serrated bone and serrated copper are for fishing; blunt wood and wood spear is for

In today’s century, we look at canoes and think of them as just a thing people do as a hobby or what others do as a fun activity on occasions. This was not the case for many years ago; the Chumash would build and use canoes as a necessity to survive. It was an easier way for them to travel besides walking and helpful for hunting fish in the sea. The Chumash would call these Tomols, meaning boat in Chumash language. The Chumash having years of expertise on these canoes, they would have an exact way and routine on how to make these boats; they would also have a certain group of people that would make these great boats. The Chumash tomol gave the Chumash great transportation and helped them for many years; it was a complex and time- consuming boat to build at that time that needed to be tested and made with specific tools and materials the

The parties involved in this case analysis are the Makah tribe, the young members of the Makah tribe, the elder members of the Makah tribe, the Makah tribal leaders, the gray whales, and the environmental community. The moral issues for this case analysis are the safeguarding of the gray whale population, which was on the decline back in the 1920’s. Another moral issue is the fact that the Makah tribal leaders want to use whale hunting as a way of re-establishing traditions, pride, and discipline with the young men of the tribe.

Southeast Asia offers an experience unlike anywhere else in the world. With breathtaking scenery, deep histories, and unique cultures, this area will really allow me to divulge in what it truly means to live. In Thailand I will be able to explore miles of beaches, taste riveting cuisine, and participate in adrenaline fueled activities which I long for. In Cambodia I will be able to put high-school history into perspective and learn about the darker years of the Khmer Rouge rule, getting a firsthand perspective of what life was truly like during this time. Finally in Vietnam, I want to feel and understand the impact of the Vietnam War, as it was a pivotal time in both the Unites States and Southeast Asia. Throughout my time here, I want to walk through buzzing street markets and experience the day to day

For them, the whale is a kind of important food and whale blubber provided energy. Each spring, they would paddle out in their canoes which named Uniaks. Using harpoons which head are stone and inflated seal skins to force the whale to surface. When the whale tired, they would use harpoons repeatedly stab it. They will almost not wasted any part of whales. They are eating the skin, fins, blubber, flesh, tongue, intestines, kidneys and heart. The blubber was use provide light and heat and the bones were used as building materials and tools. “British and American vessels pursued the bowhead whale in Hudson Bay for just over half a century before bringing the whale stock close to extinction. During this period whaling exerted a powerful, sustained influence upon the Eskimo, who had hitherto enjoyed only sporadic and irregular contact with passing explorers and distant trading posts.” ( Ross, W. G. 1975) Because whalers coming, the life of Eskimo had many changes. May to September are the best time to whaling, after this there are the long (ten-month) period of inactivity. Long time stay in harbors facilitated prolonged contact with the Eskimos. The Eskimo became indispensable to the whalemen, assisting in whaling, hunting and overland travel. At the same time, the whalemen came to be a port of the new Eskimo life. “ A way of life in which firearms, whaleboats and a wide variety of imported goods played an increasingly important role. This economic interdependence constituted the foundation of the Eskimo-whalemen relation.” ( Ross, W. G. 1975) Furthermore, whale not the only one target for the whalemen. When hunting with Arctic, whalers came across many different animals such as polar bears, walruses, musk oxen and birds. Some were brought home for sale to the zoo, and this is the main reason why many animals which live in the Arctic came to Britain. However, some polar bears were killed. “ Polar bears were killed by rifles;

Fishermen kill whales for materials, food; and sometimes even money. Whales can be killed by fishermen because they are needed for essential materials, and are also used as a food source. Some people think that whaling should not be allowed because it is destroying the population of whales. Whaling should be legal around the world because of two main reasons. Whales are used as a food source, and for essential materials like oil, and fertilizer.

Whaling is a prehistoric art. Although the practices of whaling have changed over the years, the principle remains the same: to kill innocent whales in an effort to get meat and oil. Whaling is defined as “the practice or industry of hunting and killing whales for their oil, meat, or whalebone.” Japanese whaling dates back to the

Ishi was born on September 1861 and died March of 1916. He was one of the last members of the Yahi tribe, a group of the Yana in the U.S. state of California. Ishi lived the majority of his life completely outside the modern culture. At 50 years of age, in 1911, he emerged near the present-day foothills of Lassen Peak, also known as “Wa ganu p'a.” He and his family were attacked in the Three Knolls Massacre in which 40 of their tribesmen were killed. Although 33 Yahi survived cattlemen killed about half of the survivors. The last survivors including Ishi and his family decided to go into hiding for the next 44 years as their tribe was endangered of extinction. In relation to the Gold Rush between the years 1848 to 1855. The Yahi population

Commercial whaling is a serious world issue that has always been difficult for those who are in support and those who are against it. Each group defends their side with convincing arguments. Morally, whaling is wrong, but do the reasons for whaling outweigh the reasons to cease the primitive hunts? By studying the effects of whaling,realizing how culture has changed over time, and taking note of the money that would be saved, it can clearly be seen that there is no longer a current need for whaling to continue. Efforts have been made to try to stop whaling, but with no help from any authoritative figure,nothing has been done to regulate the whaling. The famous sea shepherd, known for its strikes against whaling, can even be seen on

Whaling is defined as hunting and killing of whales by humans for resources, mainly meat, blubber and baleen (whalebone) obtained from whales. These resources are then sold for commercial purposes and thus, whaling has become economical important for centuries (Joanne 2007; The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 2007). Scientific whaling is conducted by hunting whales for research purposes and further analysis to study on whale’s behaviour, characteristics and distribution (Joanne 2007). Commercial whaling is a controversial whaling practice that exploits whale products for trade and profit. Recently, Japan, Norway and Iceland are the major contributors of commercial whaling and deeply support any other whaling activities (Joanne 2007). Moratorium on commercial whaling 1986 is a global ban of hunting whales for commercial purposes, implemented by International Whaling Commission (IWC). Under Article VIII, unlimited scientific research is permitted but sufficient data and analysis are required by Science Committee set up by IWC (Papastavrou 2006).