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Twenty-nine years: How long it took Americans to decimate the whales, and for the Makah to get a permit to (almost) resume hunting

You may have heard that the US government will now allow the Makah Tribe to hunt whales again. Not quite. The US will now allow the Tribe to “enter into a cooperative agreement under the Whaling Convention Act.” After that, … Continue reading

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Land acknowledgement: Neah Bay, Washington

One doesn’t really need to do a land acknowledgement for Neah Bay because it is still in Makah hands. But I’ll do it anyway: This is Makah Nation land. It’s my first time here, in the northwest corner of the … Continue reading

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A Facebook Discussion Puts the Makah Whale Hunt on Trial

There are just a few days left to comment on granting permission to the Makah to resume their hunt of the gray whale.  Summary information is available here.   Written comment on the alternatives will be accepted at makah2015deis.wcr@noaa.gov.  THE DEADLINE … Continue reading

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