In 1882 the U.S. Navy shelled a southwest Alaska Tlingit village and then burned what was left of the homes, food caches and ...

The U.S. Navy has formally apologized for obliterating an Alaska Native village in 1882, the second such apology this fall.

The bombardment and burning of Angoon, in southeastern Alaska, led to widespread suffering and “inflicted intergenerational trauma,” an official said. By Johnny Diaz A U.S. Navy commander on ...

Dancers greet the Alaska Marine Highway vessel Hubbard in Angoon on Saturday. Rear Adm. Mark Sucato, commander of Navy Region Northwest, who arrived to issue an official apology to the village on ...

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 ...

It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years later, the perpetrator of the bombardment — the US Navy — has ...

When the Navy made its long-awaited apology inside Angoon High School, a clan leader drew attention to the veterans in the ...

This fall, the U.S. Navy issued two formal apologies to Lingít communities in Alaska for assaults committed over a century ago. On Oct. 26, one of those attacks was commemorated.

It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years later, the perpetrator of the bombardment — the U.S. Navy —has ...

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 ...