The story of Angoon’s bombardment has been repeated for more than a century. But it changes depending on who is telling it.
It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years ...
Matthew Carlson, of Klukwan and his son pose with Rear Admiral Sucato and Senator Lisa Murkowski after the Naval Apology for ...
For decades, the community has been asking for an apology from the federal government for the bombardment, which destroyed ...
On the 142nd anniversary of the Angoon Bombardment in Southeast Alaska, the Navy formally apologized for the unprovoked ...
The bombardment of Angoon on Oct. 26, 1882, killed several children. On Saturday, an apology was delivered by members of the ...
When the Navy made its long-awaited apology inside Angoon High School, a clan leader drew attention to the veterans in 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.
A historic series of apologies to Southeast Alaska Natives reached a ceremonial peak Saturday during a 12-hour gathering in Angoon where the U.S. Navy formally apologized for the 1882 bombardment ...
The U.S. Navy officially apologized this week for the bombardment of Angoon, a native Alaskan village, in 1882.
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