#makah

@realLeeCamp

I've seen some impressively hateful stuff where i live inspired by wealthy people being precious about their waterfront property. Trying to demolish the tents of people living rough during the shelter in place / pandemic shutdown; weaponizing police against a long standing queer nude beach; land denied to a tent city because a pissy wealthy lawyer didn't want to see it across the water from her property; etc. ad nauseum.

the Makah tribe has requested a permit to hunt gray whales - a right already conferred to them through treaties - but the decision on whether or not to issue the permit is open for public comment before a decision is made. please support Indigenous self determination and the culturally significant, environmentally conscious practices of the Makah people by writing in support, as there are already comments opposed. it breaks my heart to think that we are still refusing to allow generations of Indigenous people to partake in their own cultural and forcing assimilation via bans on traditional practices.