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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

NEAH BAY — An open house today (Wednesday) will celebrate the completion of the Makah tribal beach house, a gathering place near the south end of Hobuck Beach at Famcamp. The open house will be from ...

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, ...

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. Their last ...

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 ...

NEAH BAY — Makah tribal members have a half-million reasons to celebrate after a national organization awarded the tribe a $500,000 grant to build a community-designed longhouse-style pavilion. Tribal ...

Twenty years after its last successful whale hunt, the Makah Tribe is inching closer to getting to harpoon gray whales again off the Washington coast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

NEAH BAY -- As you look out at Tatoosh Island from the tip of Cape Flattery, all of the continental United States lies behind you. Gulls glide past on the breeze, and the waves foaming the rocks far ...