It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years ...

For decades, the community has been asking for an apology from the federal government for the bombardment, which destroyed ...

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

The U.S. Navy officially apologized this week for the bombardment of Angoon, a native Alaskan village, in 1882.

The bombardment of Angoon on Oct. 26, 1882, killed several children. On Saturday, an apology was delivered by members of the ...

Over 140 years after the US Navy obliterated the village of Angoon, Alaska, the service has issued a formal apology. The long-awaited event marks an official acknowledgement of the destruction and ...

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

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.

The Navy officially apologized to the Tlingit community for a bombardment that wiped out an Alaskan village in 1882.

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 ...

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 ...