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Navy apologizes to Alaskan Natives for 19th century attacks
The U.S. Navy apologized in a ceremony Saturday for the bombardment of the Alaska Native village of Kake in the late 1860s, The Guardian reported. “This has been 155 years in the making,” said Joel Jackson, the president of the Organized Village of Kake, of the apology. “It’s becoming real because we never talked about it and now we are.” The Navy's apology Saturday was the first of two that will be given to the Lingít (also called Tlingit) communities who its forces bombarded in Kake in 1869 and Angoon 13 years later. Rear Adm. Mark Sucato delivered the apology and is expected to deliver the second, as well, which is expected to take place on Oct. 26, the 142nd anniversary of th

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