The revival of canoe culture among Northwest Coast Indigenous communities in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries has involved the construction of traditional canoes using the old methods, and the organization of intertribal voyages between communities along the coast.

These voyages, sometimes involving dozens of canoes and hundreds of paddlers, have been occasions for cultural transmission, for the celebration of shared Northwest Coast identity, and for the practical exercise of the maritime skills that canoes require.

The Makah have participated actively in this revival, connecting the contemporary community to the canoe technology documented at Ozette.

The Language Embedded in the Objects

Every object from Ozette exists in a relationship with the Makah language that enriches the archaeological understanding in ways that purely material analysis cannot achieve.