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ST. PAUL, Alaska – A U.S. official has apologized for the World War II internment of Alaska's Unangan people.
A small creek on Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named by soldiers fighting in the ...
The relationship between the managers and the Unangan people evolved over time, but through the start of World War II, the power dynamics were stark.
TOWNSEND: The Unangan people’s history is incredibly rich in a technological perspective that I think some people might find surprising.
Pvt. George Fox died in Italy in 1944. But even after his remains returned to Unalaska, they were buried in an unmarked grave despite years of work pushing the government to recognize his sacrifice.
For decades, the government stood between the Unangan people and the fur seals they subsist on. But as the seal population declines, the proposed revisions now face opposition from the Humane Society.
May 30—For decades, Gertrude Svarny has spent every Memorial Day placing small flags around the Unalaska cemetery by the graves of family members who served in the military. Even now, in her 90s ...
ST. PAUL, Alaska (AP) — A U.S. official has apologized for the World War II internment of Alaska's Unangan people. Jim Kurth, acting director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, traveled this ...