Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Shades of Gray
On May 17, 1999, the Makah Nation of Washington State harvested its first whale in seventy years. A year prior, journalist David Neiwert wrote about the internal and external conflicts for the Makah in preparing to exercise their federal treaty right to whaling as a way of life. Two years after the successful hunt, journalist John Dougherty described how this all came about.
We at Skookum think this second installment from the Shadowtail series tells us a lot about who we are as Americans and as modern human beings. We hope you enjoy it.
We at Skookum think this second installment from the Shadowtail series tells us a lot about who we are as Americans and as modern human beings. We hope you enjoy it.
