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The Hoko River Complex

December 9, 2014 admin 0

The Hoko River originates in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains (Washington State) and flows for about 25 miles to the Pacific Ocean. It flows […]

Ozette

November 13, 2014 admin 0

The Makah, whose traditional homeland is on the Olympic Peninsula in the state of Washington, are the western-most Indian nation in the lower forty-eight states […]

Non-Indians and the Makah, 1788 to 1855

June 24, 2013 admin 0

Non-Indians first encountered the Makah in 1788 when the British sloop Princess Royal anchored at the Makah village of Classet on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The […]

Russian Castaways Among the Indians

June 22, 2011 admin 0

The Russian-American Company (RAC) was formed in 1799 as a quasi-governmental monopoly to control the North American fur trade and rule the Russian colony in […]