Navy apologizes more than a century

The US Navy is apologizing 142 years after shelling and burning an Alaska Native village to oblivion
The commander of the Navy’s northwest region issued the apology during an at-times emotional ceremony Saturday, the anniversary of the atrocity.
US Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in Alaska
In 1882 the US Navy shelled a southwest Alaska Tlingit village and then burned what was left of the homes, food caches and canoes.
U.S. Navy Apologizes for the 1882 Bombardment of an Alaska Village
The bombardment and burning of Angoon, in southwestern Alaska, led to widespread suffering and “inflicted intergenerational trauma,” an official said.
Navy issues apology for destroying Alaska Native village in 1882
The attack on Angoon was one of a series of conflicts between the American military and Alaska Natives in the years after the U.S. bought the territory from Russia in 1867.
US Navy formally apologizes for obliterating Angoon in 1882
On a cold and cloudy Friday afternoon, Tlingit clan leaders stood ready to welcome guests to Angoon. For millennia, the Tlingit have lived on Admiralty Island, or Xootsnoowú, the fortress of the bears.
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. Saturday’s gesture came on the 142nd anniversary of the destruction of
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