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Navy apologies for destroying Alaska Native village in 1882
The U.S. Navy issued an apology Saturday for destroying an Alaska Native village nearly 150 years ago. The 1882 attack in Angoon killed six children and caused such dire food shortages that ...Top stories - CBS News - October 26 -
Navy issues apology for destroying Alaska Native village in 1882
The attack on Angoon was one of a series of conflicts between the American military and Alaska Natives in the years after the U.S. bought the territory from Russia in 1867.Top stories - CBS News - October 26 -
U.S. Navy apologizes 142 years after shelling and burning an Alaska Native village to oblivion
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.Top stories - NBC News - October 28 -
Trump wins Alaska
Former President Trump has won the state of Alaska and its three Electoral College votes in the 2024 presidential election, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Alaska has gone to the ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Why Biden apologized to Native Americans
President Biden issued an apology to all Native Americans while speaking in Arizona about the forced federal Indian boarding schools where tens of thousands of Indigenous children were taken and ...Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
Hunter found fatally mauled by bear in Alaska
An overdue hunter in Alaska was found dead Wednesday after an apparent attack by at least one brown bear, state police said.Top stories - NBC News - October 31 -
Fight in Alaska over only House seat
Alaska's race for its only House of Representatives seat appears vital this election cycle. Republican candidate Nick Begich joins CBS News and breaks down his campaign goals in the race against ...Top stories - CBS News - November 4 -
Peltola ousted by GOP opponent in Alaska House race
Republican Nick Begich has ousted incumbent Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola to win Alaska’s lone House seat, Decision Desk HQ projects. That marks 220 seats for Republicans, surpassing the 218 needed to ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
Carcass of massive endangered whale washes ashore in Alaska
The carcass was comparable to the width of a college basketball court and female, according to biologists.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Biden to apologize to Native Americans for boarding school atrocities
For more than 150 years, federal boarding schools for Native children forced them to assimilate, and often caused physical and emotional abuse.Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
Dog dies on Alaska Air flight after downgrade to coach, lawsuit alleges
Pet owner claims his French bulldog died as a direct result of the airline moving him from first class to coach just before takeoff.Top stories - CBS News - October 24 -
Deer hunter mauled to death by bear in Alaska, troopers say
Tad Fujioka was found dead and an "investigation revealed he was the likely victim of a fatal bear mauling," officials said.Top stories - CBS News - October 31 -
Paid sick leave measures pass in Alaska, Missouri and Nebraska
Workers in three states are now entitled to paid sick leave for the first time. In Alaska, most workers are now entitled to at least 40 hours of paid sick leave a year. Larger employers in the ...Politics - The Hill - November 6 -
Biden administration backs contested Alaska wildlife refuge road
The Biden administration has thrown its support behind a controversial land swap that would allow a road to be built through a national wildlife refuge in Alaska. In a draft environmental review ...Politics - The Hill - November 14 -
Alaska Airlines flight from Dulles makes emergency landing at LAX
The pilot declared an emergency landing as a precaution after a tire blew out during take-off. No one was injured.Top stories - CBS News - 6 days ago -
Carcass of giant fin whale draws scores of onlookers to Alaska beach
Endangered whale measuring 47ft washes up in Anchorage as scientists seek explanation for animal’s death. An endangered fin whale that washed up near a coastal trail in Alaska’s largest city has ...World - The Guardian - 2 days ago -
Begich Defeats Peltola in Alaska, Flipping House Seat for Republicans
The G.O.P. united behind Nick Begich III, the conservative son of a prominent liberal Alaska political family, to beat Representative Mary Peltola, a Democrat.Top stories - The New York Times - 20 hours ago -
Flight Crews Eye Renewed Union Talks With Alaska Airlines
Cabin crews at the regional carrier are battling to change rules that pay many of them for less than half the time they’re at work.Business - Inc. - 4 hours ago -
Minecraft PS5-Native Version Is Out Now With 4K Visuals
Mojang has finally launched a native edition of Minecraft on PS5, meaning the game now sports 4K visuals at 60fps on Sony's system. Previously, PS5 owners were stuck with playing the PS4 version of ...Tech - GameSpot - October 23 -
Poll Shows Dead Heat, and Biden to Apologize for Native American School Abuses
Plus, a World Series with baseball’s biggest stars.Top stories - The New York Times - October 25 -
Biden apology: What were the Native American boarding schools?
Joe Biden is set on Friday to become the first president to apologize for a 150-year policy that sent thousands of Native American children to boarding schools in an attempt to assimilate them to ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Biden to apologize to Native Americans for U.S. boarding school atrocities
President Biden is in Arizona Friday where he's expected to apologize to Native Americans for atrocities that took place at U.S. government-run boarding schools. CBS News congressional ...Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
Biden apologizes for Native American children forced into federal boarding schools
His visit to Arizona's Gila River Indian Community was his first as president.Top stories - ABC News - October 25 -
Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy
President Joe Biden delivered an apology for a United States policy that forcibly separated generations of indigenous children from their families for more than 150 years and sent them to federally ...Top stories - NBC News - October 25 -
Biden becomes first president to apologize for Native American boarding school policy
President Biden apologized Friday for Native American boarding schools that were part of U.S. policy for 150 years and stripped children away from their tribes and culture. “The federal ...Politics - The Hill - October 25 -
Biden apologizes to Native Americans in Arizona for Indian boarding schools
President Biden addressed Native Americans at the Gila River Indian Community and formally apologized for the atrocities committed against tens of thousands of Indigenous children at forced federal ...Top stories - CBS News - October 25 -
‘Pure Hell’: The Painful Legacy of Boarding Schools for Native Americans.
President Biden apologized on Friday for the abuses children experienced at the government-run schools, which were designed to erase tribal ties and cultural practices.Top stories - The New York Times - October 25 -
Biden apologizes for forced Native American boarding school policy
President Biden issued a formal apology for a government-run boarding school system that forcibly separated families and their children for 150 years before it ended in 1969.Politics - NBC News - October 26 -
Indian experts hail breakthrough in bid to save huge native bird
The birth of a great Indian bustard chick through artificial insemination has given hope to conservationists.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
California to rename dozens of places to remove racial slur for Native American women
The California Natural Resources Agency on Friday said that a racist term for a Native American woman will be removed from more than 30 locations in 15 counties, according to a press release issued ...Politics - The Hill - 5 days ago -
'Air Bud' creator and San Diego native battling health concerns and homelessness
San Diego native Kevin DiCicco is ready for his second act.Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
French bulldog dies on Alaska Airlines flight after being moved from first class to coach, lawsuit claims
A San Francisco man has sued Alaska Airlines alleging negligence led to the death of his beloved 3-year-old French bulldog after he was asked to move from first-class to coach on a flight from New ...Top stories - NBC News - October 24 -
Biden expected to soon issue anticipated study on proposed Alaska road’s environmental impacts
The Biden administration is soon expected to take the next steps over a contentious lands issue in Alaska. A source told The Hill that next week the administration is expected to release a draft ...Politics - The Hill - November 8 -
United, Delta and Alaska Air are the buys in ‘mixed’ air-travel recovery, says Goldman analyst
Goldman Sachs analyst Catherine O’Brien resumes coverage of airlines as carriers face choppy post-COVID worldBusiness - MarketWatch - 6 days ago -
Book Review: A young Walt Longmire battles animal and human predators on Alaska’s North Slope
In 1970, after fighting in Vietnam, young Walt Longmire took a job working security for an oil company in AlaskaEntertainment - ABC News - 3 days ago