Judge recommends tribe be allowed to hunt gray whales off Washington state
by Associated Press in Seattle from Environment | The Guardian on (#5PZND)
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An administrative law judge has recommended that a Native American tribe in Washington state be allowed to hunt gray whales - a major step in its decades-long effort to resume the ancient practice.
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