FILE - A boy reaches out to touch the carcass as Makah Indian whalers strip a gray whale of its flesh and villagers and media members gather around following the tribe's first successful whale hunt in over 70 years, in Neah Bay, Wash., May 17, 1999. 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)