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Bookmark or Share- U.S. Navy apologizes to Angoon Tlingit community for 1882 bombardmentThe bombardment of Angoon on Oct. 26, 1882 killed several children and destroyed all but one of the village’s canoes, which were vital to hunting and fishing, according to Angoon officials.
- Angoon | Best Things to See and Do - ALASKA.ORGAngoon is home to around 450 year-round residents, which increases in summer with visitors who want to fish, recreate and enjoy the city’s culture, history, forested paths and laid-back lifestyle. Many of the people you will meet while in town are Native Alaskans of the Tlingit tribe, which has been in this area for more than 1,000 years.
- Angoon, Alaska - WikipediaAngoon (sometimes formerly spelled Angun, Tlingit: Aangóon) is a city on Admiralty Island in Hoonah-Angoon Census Area, Alaska, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 572; by the 2010 census the population had declined to 459. [4] The name in Tlingit, Aangóon, means roughly " isthmus town."
- Navy issues apology for destroying Alaska Native village in 1882Today, Angoon remains a quaint village of about 420 people, with colorful old homes and totem poles clustered on the west side of Admiralty Island, accessible by ferry or float plane, in the ...
- US Navy apologizes for the 1882 obliteration of a Tlingit village in ...Tlingit clan members from Angoon, Alaska, await a formal apology during a U.S. Navy ceremony Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024, in Angoon, Alaska, for the 1882 military bombing on the Tlingit village in Angoon.
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