FILE - Then-Vice Chairman of the Makah Tribe Patrick DePoe poses for a photo before a federal hearing to help determine whether his small American Indian tribe from Washington state can once again hunt whales in Seattle, Nov. 14, 2019. 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)