Voices of a Thousand People is the story of one Native community's
efforts to found their own museum and empower themselves to
represent their ancient traditional lifeways, their historic
experiences with colonialism, and their contemporary efforts to
preserve their heritage for generations to come. This ethnography
richly portrays how a community embraced the archaeological
discovery of Ozette village in 1970 and founded the Makah Cultural
and Research Center (MCRC) in 1979. Oral testimonies, participant
observation, and archival research weave a vivid portrait of a
cultural center that embodies the self-image of a Native American
community in tension with the identity assigned to it by others.
Patricia Pierce Erikson is an independent scholar who has taught
cultural anthropology at Smith College, the University of
Washington, and the University of Southern Maine. Helma Ward
(1918-2002) was a Makah elder who served twenty-two years as a
Makah language specialist for the MCRC. Kirk Wachendorf is an
interpretive specialist at the MCRC who draws upon his experiences
as a Makah tribal member and his previous archaeological work to
provide public programming. Janine Bowechop is the MCRC's executive
director.
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