I have always had admiration for your tribe. I have heard stories of your stewardship of the sea. I respect your desire to maintain and preserve tribal tradition but I am struggling now. I am struggling now because I do not understand, I cannot. My reaction does not mean that I do not value the Makah people less than I value the whales.
All life is sacred.
I will be honest though and say that I cannot, and do not, see you as guardians of the sea anymore, and for that I grieve too. However, you do not need me to condone your hunt. You may have within the confines of your nation or in your prayers but those of us on the outside have not heard anything of the sort from you. I have only heard that you were jubilant. This is not hunting, as you say it to be.