A single road provides access to the town of Neah Bay, Washington, on the Makah Reservation—a narrow ribbon of asphalt that skirts the lush cloak of evergreen skyscrapers called the Olympic Rainforest ...

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Makah Tribe recently reached an agreement that will allow the tribe to once again harvest Eastern Pacific Gray whales in accordance with ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Makah Tribe recently reached an agreement that will allow the tribe to once again harvest Eastern Pacific Gray whales in accordance ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

The Makah, a tribe of 1,500 people on the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula, is the only Native American tribe with a treaty that specifically mentions a right to hunt whales.