The Thayer Creek Hydro project would use a 40-foot high dam to impound water over an area of 7 acres. (Kootznoowoo, Inc. image) A new hydroelectric project on Admiralty Island has the green light – ...
In 1882, the accidental death of a prominent member of the Indigenous community of Angoon, Alaska, led to an escalation with the U.S. Navy. The Navy bombarded the entire village, decimating the ...
In the remote Southeast Alaska village of Angoon, high school students are learning how to grow their own produce using hydroponic technology. The classroom facility gives students a hands-on learning ...
The U.S. Navy made an official apology this week for the bombardment and near destruction of a native Alaskan village 142 years ago. Speaking Saturday in Angoon, Alaska, located about 100 miles south ...
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. Conditions grew so dire in the following months that ...
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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 the ...
This award-winning article has been placed in front of the Juneau Empire’s paywall. ANGOON — Dozens of small hands and one large pair held a firm grip on the 30-foot-long dugout canoe they pushed down ...
Late one January evening, with daylight long gone and a cold snap gripping much of Southeast Alaska, the MV Hubbard lowered its gangplank in Angoon. Part of the state-run Alaska Marine Highway System, ...
This fall, the U.S. Navy issued two formal apologies to Lingít communities in Alaska for assaults committed over a century ago. On Oct. 26, one of those attacks was commemorated. In 1882, the ...