FILE - Two Makah Indian whalers stand atop the carcass of a dead gray whale moments after helping tow it close to shore in the harbor at Neah Bay, Wash., May 17, 1999. Earlier in the day, Makah ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Makah Tribal chairman Timothy Greene said in a statement that the funding will allow the tribe to better manage its ocean ...

On the waters off Neah Bay, Makah marine mammal biologist Jonathan Scordino is always watching. Since 2007, Scordino has researched and documented marine mammals in the Pacific Ocean surrounding Makah ...

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 federal regulation. But on Thursday, the tribe was ...

Not since the spring of 1999 have members of the Makah Tribe filed into a cedar canoe and paddled off Washington's coast to legally harpoon a gray whale, trailing its body back to shore for ...

The Makah Tribe is the only Native American tribe with a treaty that includes whaling rights, but they have legally hunted only one whale in around a century. That's set to change after a National ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has authorized the Makah Tribe to resume whale hunting after a 25-year hiatus. The decision allows the tribe to carry out limited ceremonial and ...

Nov. 17 (UPI) --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.

Washington, DC—The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) is alarmed that the federal government has proposed allowing the Makah tribe of Washington to kill gray whales again. Yesterday, the National Oceanic ...

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 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 for ...