A Native Alaskan woman bangs a drum and leads a procession to St. Paul Island in Alaska

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Lisa Hupp/USFWS
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Public Domain
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Aquilina Lestenkof leads a procession in Unungan song from her village to East Landing on St. Paul Island, Alaska. During the Aleutian Islands campaign of World War II, 800 native Unangan were removed and interned in squalid camps from 1942 through 1945.
Ecosystem
Coastal
Subject tags
American Indians
Coasts
Cultural resources
History
Islands
Military
Villages