Jamiann S’eiltin Hasselquist lead nine women through a ceremony the day after the U.S. Navy apologized for unjustly bombarding the community of Angoon more than 140 years ago on Oct. 27, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Francisco Martínezcuello/Chilkat Valley News)
Jamiann S’eiltin Hasselquist lead nine women through a ceremony the day after the U.S. Navy apologized for unjustly bombarding the community of Angoon more than 140 years ago on Oct. 27, 2024, in Haines, Alaska. (Francisco Martínezcuello/Chilkat Valley News)

There’s a worn and mossy stone obelisk at the edge of a bluff overlooking Kootznahoo Inlet near Angoon.  

It’s the final resting place of Chief Dick Yeilnaawu of the Raven House. He died in 1916. He…

Francisco Martínezcuello is the Chilkat Valley News summer reporter. Previously, he was in Southwest Alaska working for KYUK Public Media as a News Reporting Fellow from November 2022 through January...