And this here is the sneakiness type of racism.  We are held to a standard not of our own making.  That we cannot be modern Natives practicing safety and reducing the numbers of us killed during a hunt and also reducing the suffering of the whale itself.  We must be held to the standard of the only mildly interested , held to some imagined bygone era only.  These type of statements believe it or not are the seeds of suicide and drug abuse, lateral violence and apathy. People in this kinfd don't truly know know what tradition is, or they conjure something from sci fi novels.  They imagine tradition being what you wear and the tools you use, when in fact our tradition is taking care of others and protecting and harvesting from the natural world. Which is why the population of these whales is rising and is clean and healthy. Tradition is how you treat others and the world....Amii. People without our tradition cannot tell us what our tradition or culture is. That is not how it works.