Its new name is Kaxchim Chiĝanaa, meaning either “gizzard creek” or “creek or river belonging to gizzard island” in Unangam ...

The US Board on Geographic Names has approved the renaming of ‘Nazi Creek’ and a nearby hill on Little Kiska Island, with names in Indigenous Unangax̂ language.

The renamed sites include a mile-long stream formerly known as “ Nazi Creek ” and a nearby summit previously bearing a ...

A new exhibit at The Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale is hoping to attach names to the faces of factory workers who ...

Alaska Life How did a famous hard-boiled crime author end up stationed on Adak during World War II? By David Reamer | Histories of Alaska Published: May 4, 2025 ...

The creek is a mile-long stream on the southeastern side of Little Kiska Island, beside the bigger, more prominent Kiska Island 242 miles west of Adak at the far end of the Aleutian chain.

Alaska News Alaska’s ‘Nazi Creek,’ a legacy of World War II, is set for a name change By Zachariah Hughes Published: April 7, 2025 Little Kiska Island (Tony DeGange/US Geological Survey, 2010) ...

Apr. 7—This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The ...

The stories Holly Miowak Guise heard from elders inspired her to research and document the experience of Alaska Native veterans of World War II.

This week, I talk with Holly Miowak Guise, author of Alaska Native Resilience: Voices from World War II. We talk about the lived memory of the Second World War in Alaska, the American occupation of ...

Bulldozers come first. This slogan crystallizes the role that engineering and construction played in World War II, where combatants were far more mobile than in previous conflicts.