History & culture in Angoon

The people and history of Angoon: museums, cultural centers, totem parks and historic sites. Every fact links to its source.

Angoon in brief

Angoon, a city on Admiralty Island, takes its name from the Tlingit Aangóon, 'isthmus town'. The island has long been Tlingit homeland. (sealaskaheritage.org · checked Oct 6, 2026)
On Oct. 26, 1882, a U.S. force under the commander of USS Adams destroyed about 40 Tlingit canoes, then shelled and burned Angoon. It followed a compensation dispute after a whaling bomb accidentally killed a Tlingit shaman on Oct. 22. In 1982 the Navy wrote that it should never have happened. (history.navy.mil · checked Oct 6, 2026)
Sealaska Heritage says the 1882 bombardment led to the deaths of six children and a hard winter without shelter. The U.S. Navy scheduled a formal apology to the community of Angoon for Oct. 26, 2024. (sealaskaheritage.org · checked Oct 6, 2026)
In early August 2025, Angoon gathered to raise a new pole for the Daklʼaweidí clan's Kéet Oox̱ú Hít (Killer Whale House). (tlingitandhaida.gov · checked Oct 6, 2026)

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