And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: From: Piercing Eyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> forwarded for informational purposes only...contents have not been verified.. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:10:36 EDT Subject: Makah Indians Hunt for Whale Makah Indians Hunt for Whale .c The Associated Press By PEGGY ANDERSEN SEATTLE (AP) -- Seven Makah Indians in a cedar canoe began hunting for a gray whale on Monday -- the tribe's first attempt this spring to go on a traditional whale hunt that had been banned for 70 years. The whaling crew had intended only to go on a practice run in the Pacific Ocean near Neah Bay, said Keith Johnson, chairman of the Makah Whaling Commission. But protesters were following the crew's 32-foot canoe and their support boat, so the tribe issued a 10-day hunting permit that requires other vessels to stay at least 500 yards away. Under the tribe's arrangement with the Coast Guard, the Makah can declare the zone for safety reasons. ``So now we've got a whaling permit, so we're going hunting,'' Johnson said. The Coast Guard detained two protesters and escorted their motorboat away. Jonathan Paul of the Sea Defense Alliance, an anti-whaling group, said no whales had been caught by midafternoon. The Makah, whose whaling tradition dates back centuries, were granted the right to whale under an 1855 treaty. The hunts stopped in the 1920s because commercial whaling had brought gray whales to the brink of extinction. When grays were taken off the Endangered Species List in 1994, the tribe moved to resume the hunts. The federal government supported their bid before the International Whaling Commission, which has banned commercial whaling since 1982. The Makah were allocated 20 whales through 2004 -- a maximum of five per year. They are prohibited from selling edible whale parts. AP-NY-05-10-99 2210EDT Copyright 1998 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without prior written authority of The Associated Press. Reprinted under the fair use http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html doctrine of international copyright law. &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&& Tsonkwadiyonrat (We are ONE Spirit) Unenh onhwa' Awayaton http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ &&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
