EDITOR’S NOTE: Wayne Johnson was the captain of the successful and federally sanctioned Makah whale hunt in 1999 — and one of the five tribe members who illegally hunted a gray whale off Neah Bay on Sept. 8.
With the help and permission of Keith Johnson, the head of the tribe’s whaling commission, Wayne Johnson (who is not directly related to Keith) sent the Peninsula Daily News and The Seattle Times a written statement defending his actions and expressing frustration with the system that has held up a new legal whale hunt for the tribe.
