"I come from a whaling family, on my grandmother's side and my grandfather's side"

Published: September 10, 2007, 6:21 pm

The "I'm not ashamed" angle to the unsanctioned whale hunt perpetrated by members of the Makah Tribe over the weekend hit the papers this morning. "I'm not ashamed. I'm feeling kind of proud. ... There is only a few guys in Neah Bay that can get a whale and bring everyone home safely. This blog seems to have the extended remix version of the quotes that Johnson gave the Seattle Times--Maybe it's an earlier edit that was online for awhile or something: "Sunday morning, Johnson, sporting his trademark. 50-caliber-shooting-club jacket and a big bump on his forehead from a fall on the boat during the hunt, said he had no regrets. Except maybe that he had already waited too long to exercise his tribal treaty right to hunt. Tired of more than eight years of wrangling in the courts over permission to once again hunt whales, Johnson said: 'The time just felt right. I got a hair up my ass and just said, 'Let's go.' 'I'm not ashamed. I'm feeling kind of proud. At least I

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