Makah Nation to discuss rogue hunt on Capitol Hill
Monday, September 10, 2007
Filed Under:
Environment
|
National
Leaders of the Makah Nation plan to meet with their Congressional delegation to contain the damage from an unauthorized whale hunt.
The tribe denounced the shooting and harpooning of a gray whale on Saturday. Chairman Ben Johnson Jr. said the incident hurt the tribe's attempts to gain a federal permit to exercise its treaty rights.
"We know it's going to hurt," he told The Peninsula Daily News.
Meanwhile, the tribe has set up a checkpoint at the reservation to prevent anti-whalers from staging protests. The tribe has receive death threats by email and by telephone.
Get the Story:
Makah leaders rush to Washington, D.C., today
(The Peninsula Daily News 9/10)
Checkpoint set up near entrance to Makah Reservation (The Peninsula Daily News 9/10)
Makah leaders promise to punish whale hunters (The Peninsula Daily News 9/10)
Hunter not ashamed of killing whale without a permit (The Seattle Times 9/10)
Tribal leaders promise prosecutions in whale killing (The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 9/10)
Relevant Documents:
Tribal
Council Statement |
Makah
Tribal Whale Hunt |
Marine
Mammal Protection Act
Court Decisions:
Anderson
v. Evans (June 7, 2004) |
Anderson
v. Evans (December 20, 2002)
Relevant Links:
Makah Nation -
http://www.makah.com
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