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‘Nazi Creek’ in Alaska Gets a New Name After More Than 70 Years
German soldiers never set foot on the speck of land at the far end of the Aleutian Islands during World War II, but the name ...
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Map enthusiast helps change offensive creek name in Western Aleutians
Nazi Creek was renamed Thursday to Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, an Unangax̂ phrase replacing a name originally assigned by World War ...
‘Beautiful’ or ‘ugly,’ Trump’s big bill shapes the battle for House control in 2026 midterms
Democrats need a net gain of three House seats to break the GOP’s chokehold on Washington and reestablish a power center to ...
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Alaska’s Nazi Creek renamed after 80 years, following advocacy by son of WWII veteran
The one-mile creek, located on a largely uninhabited island, had been given its name during World War II after the Americans ...
US transfers acreage near proposed mining road to Alaska native group
The Trump administration transferred 28,000 acres (11,331 hectares) in a remote part of Northwest Alaska to a native ...
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Visiting two Alaska ghost towns on the anniversary of one very big earthquake
Calling it an exercise in imagination, seismologist Carl Tape stopped at the site of Dome City and the former townsite of ...
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China’s path to world dominance is being laid by President Trump’s policies, including in Alaska
Commentary author Rodger Painter writes that China now is producing more solar and wind power than the rest of the world ...
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Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek’ is no more, as federal geographic names board approves traditional alternative
A small creek on Alaska’s Little Kiska Island has been renamed, more than 80 years after it was named after Germany’s Nazi Party by World War II soldiers fighting in the Aleutians.