Makah chairman confident of tribe's return to whaling
Monday, January 14, 2008
Filed Under:
Environment
|
Law
Micah McCarty, the new chairman of the Makah Nation of Washington, is hopeful the tribe will resume its whale hunt by 2009 or 2010.
McCarty said the tribe continues to seek a federal permit to hunt whales. The process has taken several years.
"The system has been abused to deprive us of our treaty rights," McCarty told The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The tribe's 1855 treaty guarantees the right to whales. But the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 abrogated the treaty and requires the tribe to seek a permit.
Tired of waiting for action, five tribal members took to the water last fall and tried to hunt a whale. The five have been charged in tribal and federal court for an unauthorized hunt.
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Makah hopeful about whaling again by 2010
(The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 1/14)
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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