By Craig Berard:

The Makah Tribal Jouney.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaKrbWad3wo
It really warms my heart to see that some of their best sacred traditions are still alive and free of harassment from people with virtually no investment in their culture. Even in the absence of whaling, the Makah resiliently maintain a tradition that promotes the health and well being by allowing the people a means to come together as a community.

And like aboriginal whaling, this is hard to do. Travelling for miles in a canoe that could easily topple over, and toss everyone into the frigid waters of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Puget Sound takes serious cajones. Granted for the sake of safety it's become more sophisticated. For instance GPS and support boats weren't always part of the canoe journey. I guess it's as close to authentic as you can get without being insane.

All the same, I hope they can keep doing this every year until the end of time.