Wrangell Cooperative Association President Ed Rilatos speaks with Ma. Gen. Joseph Hillbert, commander of the U.S Army 11th Airborne Division. The two spoke shortly after the general delivered a historic apology on Jan. 11 for the Army's 1869 bombardment of Wrangell's Tlingit village. (Courtesy/Sam Pausman, Wrangell Sentinel)
Wrangell Cooperative Association President Ed Rilatos speaks with Ma. Gen. Joseph Hillbert, commander of the U.S Army 11th Airborne Division. The two spoke shortly after the general delivered a historic apology on Jan. 11 for the Army’s 1869 bombardment of Wrangell’s Tlingit village. (Courtesy/Sam Pausman, Wrangell Sentinel)

During a break in the U.S. Army apology ceremony, Sik’nax̲.ádi clan leader John Martin walked over to a table in the audience, turned and handed U.S. Army Chaplain…