The Makah Tribe will be free next week to resume its ancient whale hunt with fewer restrictions on where they can take a whale, and none on when. It means the hunt will be much safer for the eight ...

After decades of legal challenges and scientific review, the U.S. granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver Thursday that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned ...

The Makah Tribe may soon resume its cultural tradition of whaling off the Washington coast after a nearly two-decade exchange with the federal government to hammer out the logistics.

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

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.

The Makah Tribe has been waiting since 2005 for a decision on its bid to revive a centuries-old hunting practice. In a long-awaited ruling, NOAA said Thursday that it will allow the Makah Tribe to ...

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 at the heart of their spiritual beliefs and practices.

Even when the Tribe wasn’t whaling, the spiritual connection between the Makah and the whale spirits was kept alive in the form of sacred whaling songs. “Chiefs obtained their whaling songs through a ...

The tribe was seeking permission from federal and international agencies to resume whale hunting, a tradition within their culture dating back well over 1,000 years, for over 20 years, in ...

Two Makah tribe members stand atop the carcass of a gray whale after helping tow it close to shore in the harbor at Neah Bay, Wash., in 1999. The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in ...

The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP ...