![Elaine Thompson 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 Indians hunted and killed the whale in their first successful hunt since voluntarily quitting whaling over 70 years earlier. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/500630843bcc46a6b4373aaa9d97b812/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
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 Indians hunted and killed the whale in their first successful hunt since voluntarily quitting whaling over 70 years earlier. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
![Elaine Thompson FILE - Makah Tribe Vice Chairman Patrick DePoe poses for a photo before a federal hearing to help determine whether his small American Indian tribe from Washington state can once again hunt whales in Seattle, Nov. 14, 2019. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ecdab3b1aa9c4d92bb8ac90dd87b0d99/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Makah Tribe Vice Chairman Patrick DePoe poses for a photo before a federal hearing to help determine whether his small American Indian tribe from Washington state can once again hunt whales in Seattle, Nov. 14, 2019. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
![Elaine Thompson FILE - Members of the Makah Indian tribe paddle away from the rising sun as they head from Neah Bay, Wash., toward open Pacific Ocean waters during a practice for a planned whale hunt on Aug. 20, 1998. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d5a27ef569104ff2b7195e8eeaa5d907/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Members of the Makah Indian tribe paddle away from the rising sun as they head from Neah Bay, Wash., toward open Pacific Ocean waters during a practice for a planned whale hunt on Aug. 20, 1998. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
![Elaine Thompson FILE - Federal Administrative Law Judge George Jordan steps past a display before a hearing in Seattle, to help determine whether a small American Indian tribe can once again hunt whales, Nov. 14, 2019. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/be531eabf1fe4daaaab885847abcd2b3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Federal Administrative Law Judge George Jordan steps past a display before a hearing in Seattle, to help determine whether a small American Indian tribe can once again hunt whales, Nov. 14, 2019. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
![Elaine Thompson FILE - A boy reaches out to touch the carcass as Makah Indian whalers strip a gray whale of its flesh and villagers and media members gather around following the tribe's first successful whale hunt in over 70 years, in Neah Bay, Wash., May 17, 1999. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ca50cdd6de524cc297585552bf654832/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - A boy reaches out to touch the carcass as Makah Indian whalers strip a gray whale of its flesh and villagers and media members gather around following the tribe's first successful whale hunt in over 70 years, in Neah Bay, Wash., May 17, 1999. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
![Elaine Thompson FILE - Wayne Johnson, the captain of the Makah Tribe whaling crew from a 1999 hunt, looks on during a federal court hearing to help determine whether his small American Indian tribe can once again hunt whales Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in Seattle. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999.. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/8904da7ce60543cdb4e79effc7ed2d24/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
FILE - Wayne Johnson, the captain of the Makah Tribe whaling crew from a 1999 hunt, looks on during a federal court hearing to help determine whether his small American Indian tribe can once again hunt whales Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, in Seattle. The United States on Thursday, June 13, 2024 granted the Makah Indian Tribe in Washington state a long-sought waiver that helps clear the way for its first sanctioned whale hunts since 1999.. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)