FILE - Federal Administrative Law Judge George Jordan steps past a display before a hearing in Seattle, to help determine whether a small American Indian tribe can once again hunt whales, 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)