The Native Village Buried By A Mudslide For 500 Years — And The 55,000 Artifacts Found Preserved Beneath The Mud

The collection went home to the Makah Cultural and Research Center.

The knowledge embedded in the collection deepened and enriched the understanding of Makah cultural history, complementing and in specific ways extending the knowledge already preserved in oral tradition and living practice.

And the story continues.

The Makah people are a living community on their ancestral coast.

The collection at the Makah Cultural and Research Center is a living cultural resource, engaged by the community for education, research, and the maintenance of cultural identity.

The site at Cape Alava remains an ancestral location of significance.