A little-known creek in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska had been officially named “Nazi Creek” for 80 years — until this week.

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 ...

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 ...

A little-known creek in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska had been officially named “Nazi Creek” for 80 years — until this week.

Small waterway, named in line with alphabetical scheme when US recaptured Kiska Island from Japanese, now called Kaxchim ...

Federal officials changed the names of two natural features in Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Thursday, replacing arbitrary and offensive World War II-era place names with ones that honor the native ...

The cocktails have names only Canadians understand, like “TVO Kids” and “Hadfield.” Everywhere, there is knowing Canadian ...

Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, CanadaAlaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint By: Peter Smith, The Associated Press Posted: 6:02 ...

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint The Orthodox Church in America has its first female saint from North America ...

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the ...

Native American News Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint Published: Jun. 26, 2025, 2:58 p.m.