Ok, so whale hunting is in the treaties, and its in there blood because they did it for centuries before they were conquered by the Whiteman. Now we have been compensating the Indians for the mis deeds of our ancestors for over a hundred years.
If you look at the history of James Island, they had to have outlooks on the island to see if the Makah's were coming to steal there women and children to use as slaves for work and sex. Have the Makah's ever compensated the other tribes for there mis deeeds? Or is it only the responsibility of the white man who works and tries to better society to compensate the Makah'. No other indian tribe that I know compensates other tribes for its mis deeds.
It is past time to bring the treaties up to the 21st century...I encourage all to write their representative and Senators about this, I know I will.....