This database of Makah texts is based on the fieldwork of William H. Jacobsen, Jr. conducted at Neah Bay from the early 1960s onward. The texts are arranged according to theme.
In the following index to the texts, the first column provides the number assigned to the texts. The second column provides an English title for the text, and the third column provides the name of the narrator of the text. The fourth column indicates the source of the text.
For a sample of the texts, see numbers 1 or 2 below.
| Text No. |
Title |
Speaker |
| 001. | Last Makah War | |
| 002. | How the Makah got Neah Bay | |
| 003. | Two Men Return from South | |
| 004. | Autobiographical Sketch | |
| 005. | Hair Wrestling/Ozette's Revenge | |
| 006. | History of Neah Bay | |
| 007. | The Whaler χaχaχta and Revenge on his Brother | |
| 008. | Conversation about Makah Day | |
| 009. | Crow and Raven Get Hairseal | |
| 010. | Crow Doctors Raven | |
| 011. | Qweti and Wolf | |
| 012. | Dog Children | |
| 013. | Crane and Helldiver | |
| 014. | Mistreated Children | |
| 015. | Crybaby | |
| 016. | Snake Husband | |
| 017. | The Mean Father | |
| 018. | Killer-Whale Husband | |
| 019. | Children¡¯s Song to the Star | |
| 020. | Wishing for Star-Husbands | |
| 021. | Feather Island | |
| 022. | How Rat Got Fire | |
| 023. | Children and Basket-Lady |