In 1882, the accidental death of a prominent member of the Indigenous community of Angoon, Alaska, led to an escalation with the U.S. Navy. The Navy bombarded the entire village, decimating the ...

Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the following months that ...

The U.S. Navy made an official apology this week for the bombardment and near destruction of a native Alaskan village 142 years ago. Speaking Saturday in Angoon, Alaska, located about 100 miles south ...

A member of the U.S. Navy sprinkles tobacco on top of a killer whale clan hat, which is considered to bring good fortune, during a Navy ceremony Saturday in Angoon, Alaska, to apologize for the 1882 ...

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, food caches and canoes. Conditions grew so dire in the ...

Last weekend, the U.S. Navy visited Angoon to apologize for the 1882 bombardment of the Lingít village. Hundreds of people with ties to the community attended the event. For some in the crowd, the ...

The U.S. Navy has formally apologized for obliterating an Alaska Native village in 1882, the second such apology this fall. Saturday’s gesture came on the 142nd anniversary of the destruction of the ...