Lummi Nation statement on Makah Tribe treaty rights 

BELLINGHAM — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently approved a waiver of the Marine Mammal Protection Act that allows the Makah Tribe to resume a treaty-protected right to hunt gray whales.  Lummi Nation Chairman Anthony Hillaire issued the following statement about the waiver.  “As the People of the Northern Straits, Lummis have for…