00HOUSE CS FOR SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 38(WTR)                                                                      
01 Relating to the bombardment of the village of Angoon.                                                                   
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
03  WHEREAS, on October 26, 1882, the United States Navy bombarded and burned the                                        
04 village of Angoon; and                                                                                                  
05  WHEREAS the attack resulted from a dispute between the village and a whaling                                         
06 company over the accidental death of a tribal member; and                                                               
07  WHEREAS the smoke and fire created by the attack caused serious injuries and death                                   
08 to members of the village; and                                                                                          
09  WHEREAS the attack destroyed all the homes and most food supplies in the village,                                    
10 leaving the residents to face difficult winter conditions without shelter or sufficient food; and                       
11  WHEREAS the United States has never formally apologized to the descendants of the                                    
12 survivors of the attack; and                                                                                            
13  WHEREAS, for the people of Angoon, closure cannot begin until an apology is given;                                   
14  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature urges the Honorable Bill                                            

01 Clinton, President of the United States, to issue a formal apology to the village of Angoon.                            
02  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Bill Clinton, President of the                              
03 United States; to the Honorable Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State; and to the                                   
04 Honorable Ted Stevens and the Honorable Frank Murkowski, U.S. Senators, and the                                         
05 Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress.