It’s been more than twenty years since the Makah Tribe last legally hunted a gray whale. On Thursday the tribe was given the green light to resume its centuries old tradition. “My reaction is ...

PORT ANGELES — The Makah Indian Tribe will receive $288,482 in federal funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support its ocean data mapping capabilities. U.S.

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 ...

NEAH BAY, Wash. — The Makah Tribe has been granted a waiver from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to hunt a limited number of gray whales for ceremonial and subsistence ...

Most people wouldn't be surprised to learn that John Hottowe achieved enhanced social status from a vast box of treasure. More unusual is that the prestige came from what the Makah elder gave, not ...

Last week, after my children were released from school for the year, my family and I hit the road for the Oregon Coast for a few days away from the Interstate 5 corridor. We played on the beach, ...

Washington’s Makah tribe could again be allowed to hunt gray whales. The government issued a draft environmental statement Friday in response to the tribe’s longstanding request to resume whaling. It ...

Nearly six years ago, a team of Makah Indian hunters sparked controversy worldwide with the harvest of a gray whale off Washington's Olympic coast -- the first successful whale hunt by the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Read full article: SAPD officer suspended for 5 days in June after body camera shows him repeatedly saying expletives SEATTLE – The United States granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a ...