A mystery beginning in the South Atlantic and ending in South Kensington has finally been solved. The century-long story of ...

who was killed aboard a whaling ship by an exploding harpoon gun. According to the Naval Heritage and History Command, accounts from the time say members of the Tlingit tribe forced the whaling ...

The U.S. Navy officially apologized this week for the bombardment of Angoon, a native Alaskan village, in 1882.

Bald eagles and humpback whales abound, and the salmon and halibut fishing is excellent. Accounts vary as to what prompted ...

The U.S. Navy has formally apologized for obliterating an Alaska Native village in 1882, the second such apology this fall.

Klane was killed when a harpoon gun exploded on a whaling ship owned by his employer, the North West Trading Co. The Navy's version says tribal members forced the vessel to shore, possibly took ...

Three days before the bombardment, a harpoon gun on board a whaling ship exploded, killing Téel ' Tlein, a Tlingit medicine man and healer from Angoon, who was working as a crew member.