SEATTLE – The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999 and sets the stage ...

SEATTLE — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999 and sets the stage ...

The long wait is over. A federal official has given the green light for members of the Makah tribe to resume exercising their treaty right to whaling, based on a request first made in 2005. Their last ...

A Native tribe in Washington State can hunt whales again. That's the news today from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The agency issued this final decision after a bureaucratic ...

NEAH BAY -- Inside the school wood shop here, just past a knot of student canoes crafted from cedar, the skeleton of a goliath spreads across a concrete floor, offering testament to this tribe's past ...

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SEATTLE (AP) — The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999 and sets the ...

FILE - Wayne Johnson, the captain of the Makah Tribe whaling crew from a 1999 hunt, looks on during a federal court hearing to help determine whether his small American Indian tribe can once again ...