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)