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 ...

The far northwest tip of the Olympic Peninsula has been closed to outsiders since March. The Makah Tribe banned visitors to its reservation as part of the tribe’s effort to fend off the Covid-19 ...

Twenty years ago, the Makah Indian Tribe hunted and killed a gray whale, touching off both pride and protest around the world. The tribe is attempting to do it again. Over the next several days, ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Patrick DePoe was in high school the last time his Native American tribe in Washington state was allowed to hunt whales. He was on a canoe that greeted the crew towing in the body of a ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON STATE — After more than a quarter century, the Makah Tribe in Neah Bay is looking to hunt gray whales in the coming months. The Tribe submitted an application on Tuesday to hunt the marine ...

NEAH BAY, Wash. (AP) - The U.S. government is buying up property from some members of the Makah Tribe, for the Makah Tribe. As part of a settlement of a lawsuit that accused the feds of mismanaging ...

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 ...

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 ...