Makah Tribe Wins Federal Approval to Hunt Gray Whales

After decades of legal battles, federal regulators are allowing the tribe to hunt up to 25 whales in the next decade off the coast of ...

After nearly 25 years, federal officials approve a limited Makah ...

Members of the Makah Tribe process a whale on the beach at Neah Bay around 1910. The tribe voluntarily stopped whaling after commercial hunting ...

Makah tribe gets federal approval to hunt up to 25 gray whales

It has been 25 years since the Makah tribe last harpooned a gray whale, a practice its members consider a sacred tradition but was restricted by ...

Makah Tribe Wins Federal Approval to Hunt Gray Whales (Gift Article)

The Makah can hunt as many as 25 whales over the next decade. That's 2 or 3 whales per year maximum. The grey whale population isn't endangered to begin with.

Native American tribe wins right to hunt gray whales off Washington ...

After facing decades of legal and bureaucratic hurdles, the Makah Tribe in Washington has won approval from the US to resume whale hunting for ...

Makah Tribe - International Whaling Commission

Following IWC approval in 1997 of a five-year gray whale catch limit, the Tribe conducted its first successful hunt in seventy years. On May 17, 1999, the Tribe ...

Makah Tribe being granted a federal waiver to resume hunting gray ...

Federal regulators announced they’re granting a waiver that allows the Makah to hunt 25 whales over a ten-year period.

Native American Tribe Wins U.S. Waiver to Resume Hunting Pacific ...

As part of its 1855 treaty with the U.S. government, the Makah Tribe secured the right to continue hunting whales, a tradition it describes as ...

Native American tribe wins U.S. waiver to resume hunting ... - Reuters

"Whaling remains central to the identity, culture, subsistence, and spirituality of the Makah people, and we regard the Gray Whale as sacred," ...

Washington's Makah Tribe could once again harpoon whales as US ...

SEATTLE (AP) — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way ...

Makah Tribe granted waiver to hunt limited number of gray whales ...

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Makah Tribe granted waiver to hunt gray whales | king5.com

NEAH BAY, Wash. — The Makah Tribe has been granted a waiver from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to hunt a ...

NOAA Fisheries authorizes Makah Tribe to resume gray whale hunt

This waiver authorizes the Makah Tribe to resume hunting up to 25 Eastern North Pacific gray whales over a 10-year period in US waters.

Breaking News: The Makah Tribe has... - The New York Times

Breaking News: The Makah Tribe has won federal approval to hunt gray whales off Washington's coast, a crucial victory in the tribe's decades-long quest...

WA whale hunt on horizon as Makah Tribe clears last major hurdle

According to NOAA, the gray whales that will be part of these hunts are part of a quota set by the International Whaling Commission – which will ...

Makah Tribe Wins Federal Approval to Hunt Gray Whales - DNyuz

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Makah Tribe wins whaling rights waiver | FOX 13 Seattle - YouTube

The Makah, a tribal nation on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, have cleared the biggest hurdle that has blocked their tribe's traditional ...

Washington's Makah tribe clears hurdle toward resuming whale hunts

The Makah is the only Native American tribe with a treaty that specifically mentions a right to hunt whales.

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Breaking News: The Makah Tribe has won federal approval to hunt gray whales off Washington's coast, a crucial victory in the tribe's ...

Makah Tribal Whale Hunt - NOAA Fisheries

The Makah Indian Tribe has requested authorization to hunt gray whales, a tradition secured by the 1855 Treaty of Neah Bay.