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Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion

Dec. 10, 2024 00:16 AM EST

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helena Pagano's great-grandfather was the last Alaska Native chief of a remote island in the Bering Sea, closer to Russia than North America. He died starving as a prisoner of war after Japanese troops invaded during World War II, wresting the few dozen residents from...