Memories from Lost Villages
Posted 17 April 2012 by Liz O'Connell
Laura Nielsen for Frontier Scientists Attu Woman, John Malcolm Greany, 1941 World War II brought conflict and trial to Alaska. Unalaska, located in the Aleutian Islands, had served as a trading hub for local villages. Native people from Biorka, Kashega, and Makushin would bring goods like fox pelts and baskets via boat and hiking trail to Unalaska to trade. In June 4, 1942, Unalaska was bombed. Nearby residents from the smallest Aleutian villages were evacuated via steamship and resettled in... Read more
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