Joshua Rilatos remembers the evening of November 18 vividly: the tide and darkness surging in as he and other members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians (CTSI) worked to finish harvesting a dead whale’s baleen, blubber and skeleton. The wind on the stretch of beach north of Yachats was often deafening and stung their faces and hands. With time no longer on their side, the group buried the remnants of the mammal and hurried back to high…
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