Ozette Indian Village Archeological Site Essays

  • Discovering the Makah: A Preserved Native American Village

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    Imagine discovering a village near the ocean the same way as its inhabitants left it hundreds of years prior. Almost as if life paused and resumed a couple centuries later. Untouched and undamaged, just like they left it. The Makah was a Native American tribe who inhabited Washington in the 1800’s. The Makah were skilled fishermen and hunters. Around 1560 five lodgehouses in Ozette were buried due to a mudslide. The mudslide maintained the houses in low oxygen which cause the items to be perfectly