Sorry, I was not clear enough, what I was trying to say was that if the tribe wants to punish the rogue members, and they probably should, then thats their choice not ours. I am slightly torn between accepting the tribal members who did this as the jerks they seem to be and the fact that what they are doing is a form of civil disobediance against an unjust law.

Aunty, there is a huge difference between killing a whale under treaty rights and killing a human. I don't know if you are trying to insinuate that they both are federal offenses or point out that that is what tribes used to do that, and thats what put them on the reservation. In any case, one action you mentioned is specifically allowed while the other is not.