Tag: U.S. Army bombardment apology

U.S. Army apologizes to Wrangell Cooperative Association for bombarding village; not all clans accept apology

by Colette Czarnecki | Jan 16, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated | 0

A large group of people, from the Pacific Northwest and around the region, greeted each other with morning chatter outside at the end of a Wrangell peninsula, where the Taalkweidí clan once resided.

U.S. Army will apologize for bombarding Wrangell Tlingit village in 1869 this Saturday

by Colette Czarnecki | Jan 10, 2025 | Featured News, Local News, Syndicated, Website | 0

The Wrangell community expects the U.S. Army to apologize this Saturday for bombarding the Tlingit village, Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw, in 1869. This counts as the third bombardment apology by the U.S. government held in Southeast Alaska over the last few months, the other two were in Kake and Angoon.