The Associated Press on MSN17d
US Navy will apologize for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska
It was Oct. 26, 1882, in Angoon, a Tlingit village of about 420 people in the southeastern Alaska panhandle. Now, 142 years ...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette16d
Navy apologizes 142 years after attack in Alaska
Shells fell on the Alaska Native village as winter approached, and then sailors landed and burned what was left of homes, ...
U.S. Navy apologizes for destroying Alaska Native village 142 years ago
The U.S. Navy has formally apologized for obliterating an Alaska Native village in 1882, the second such apology this fall.
KEYT17d
US Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska
The Navy apologized last month for destroying the nearby village of Kake in 1869. The Army plans to apologize for shelling Wrangell, as well.
Military.com16d
US Navy Apologizes for the 1882 Obliteration of a Tlingit Village in Alaska
The U.S. Navy issued an apology last month for destroying the nearby village of Kake in 1869, and the Army has indicated that it plans to apologize for shelling Wrangell, also in southeast Alaska ...
Alaska Dispatch News18d
Josie’s Story: Alaska’s first boomers
The Army was closing all its outlying Alaska posts, including Fort Wrangell, and downgrading Sitka. Mayor Dodge was already gone, having resigned back on Oct. 23, 1869, and jumping on the next ...
Alaska Dispatch News22d
Murkowski says she hopes Peltola is reelected to U.S. House
She said she looks forward to the future apologies scheduled for the Navy’s attack on Angoon in 1882 and the Army’s attack on Wrangell in 1869. Murkowski also took time to recognize Julie ...