鲸鱼盛筵
A 31-foot (9.5-meter) humpback whale struck and killed by a ship is being turned into a feast by the Makah Indian Tribe.
一头长31英尺(9.5米)的座头鲸被轮船撞死后，正成为玛卡印第安部落的筵席。
The tiny tribe with a reservation on the northwestern tip of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state has been butchering the whale that was pulled ashore Thursday.
这只小部落居住在华盛顿州奥利匹克半岛的西北角，他们正宰杀这头周四被拖上岸的鲸鱼。
"It is sacred," Nathan Tyler, chairman of the Makah Indian Tribe, told The Seattle Times .
“它是神圣的，”内森.泰勒告诉西雅图时报说，他是玛卡印第安部落的酋长。
"We have deep regrets about the whale being struck by a ship and dying, but it will live on, through our culture."
”对于这头鲸鱼与轮船相撞而死去我们表示深切的遗憾，不过通过我们的文化它将会继续活下去。“
The arrival of the whale came a day before the tribe's annual community feast and festival called Makah Days.
这头鲸鱼刚好是在这个部落的年度部落盛筵的一天前到来的，这个节日叫做玛卡节。
The whale will feed the whole village.
这头鲸鱼可以让全村人都吃饱。
Tribal fisherman discovered the whale Thursday in the Strait of Juan de Fuca near Sekiu.
部落中的渔民周四在塞丘附近的胡安·德富卡海峡发现的这头鲸鱼。
A tribal biologist reported the find to the federal stranding network, which sent a biologist.
部落里的一名生物学家向联邦搁浅网报告了这一发现，他们派来了一名生物学家。
The fisherman and tribal biologist towed the whale to the beach at Neah Bay, where a necropsy was performed to determine the cause of death.
这位渔民和部落生物学家一起把鲸鱼拖到了尼亚湾，在那里进行了尸检来确定死因。
Officials say the whale had a broken jaw and fractured skull from colliding with a ship.
官员们称这头鲸鱼因为撞上轮船，下巴撞碎了，头骨也骨折了。
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration spokesman Michael Milstein said the juvenile male humpback was likely feeding when it was struck and killed.
国家海洋气象局的发言人迈克尔.米尔斯坦说这头幼年的雄性座头鲸在被撞死的之前可能正在进食。
The tribe has historically harvested stranded whales and also hunted whales, but hasn't done so for years.
这支部落历史上曾获取过搁浅的鲸鱼，也猎杀鲸鱼，不过多年前就已经不再这样做了。
It has treaty rights to hunt whales, but last did so in 1999 when hunters killed a gray whale and brought it to the same beach as the humpback.
他们按条约是有权捕猎鲸鱼的，不过上一次捕猎还是1999年的时候，当时猎手们杀死了一头灰鲸，然后把它拖到了跟这头座头鲸同一处的海滩上。
That was the tribe's first whale hunt in 70 years, and it's been working through the courts and with regulators to conduct another hunt.
这是这支部落70年以来捕猎的第一头鲸鱼，他们正努力跟法院和监管者谈判来进行下一次捕猎。
Meanwhile, the arrival of the humpback whale just a day ahead of the community festival is viewed as a blessing.
同时，这头座头鲸在社区盛筵的一天前到来被视为一种恩赐。
"It's very emotional," Tyler said.
“这是非常感人的，”泰勒说道。
"It's been a long time, it means so much to us. It has always been part of our way of life."
“过了这么多年，对我们来说真是意义重大。捕鲸一直是我们生活方式中的一部分。”
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