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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. 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 apologized. The residents are vastly outnumbered by brown bears, and the village in recent years has strived to foster its ecotourism industry. Merriman, the top U.S. official in Alaska, saying a Tlingit uprising threatened the lives and property of white residents.
Persons: U.S . Navy —, Mark Sucato, , , Angoon, Nobu Koch, Daniel Johnson Jr, Julianne Leinenveber, Klane, Shgen George, E.C . Merriman, Johnson, Merriman, ” Johnson, Billy Jones, Tith Klane’s, ” Jones, Rosita Worl, Leinenveber, Eunice James, Tith Klane, we’ve Organizations: U.S . Navy, Navy, Department of Interior, Alaska Natives, U.S ., Army, Wrangell, Admiralty, North West Trading Co, Naval, U.S, Sealaska Heritage Institute Locations: ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Angoon, Angoon , Alaska, Russia, Kake, Juneau
Anchorage, Alaska AP —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. 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 apologized. US Navy Rear Adm. Mark B. Sucato speaks during a Navy ceremony Saturday, October 26, 2024, in Angoon, Alaska, to apologize for the 1882 military bombing on a Tlingit village in Angoon. Merriman, the top US official in Alaska, saying a Tlingit uprising threatened the lives and property of white residents.
Persons: US Navy —, Mark Sucato, , , Angoon, Daniel Johnson Jr, Julianne Leinenveber, Klane, Mark B, Sucato, Nobu Koch, E.C . Merriman, Johnson, Merriman, ” Johnson, Billy Jones, Tith Klane’s, ” Jones, Rosita Worl, Leinenveber, Eunice James, Tith Klane, we’ve Organizations: US Navy, Navy, Department of Interior, Alaska Natives, US, Army, Wrangell, Admiralty, North West Trading Co, Sealaska Heritage Institute Locations: Anchorage, Alaska, Angoon, Russia, Kake, Angoon , Alaska, Juneau
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