HIST 221 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Outhouse, Seal Hunting
19 Oct 2018
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Japanese bombs had fallen on dutch harbor and. Japanese troops occupied the westernmost islands on the chain. The us government brought the aleuts to makeshift camps in the coastal rainforest to wait for the war to be open. The evacuation was due to racist attitudes and would result in 3 years of suffering and death. Attu lies over a thousand km from japan and the. Aleutian islands had been home to the aleuts for thousands of years. They remained isolated until the arrival of the first russian explorers in 1741 and there was a bloody conquest and colonization. They adopted russian last names and attended school in russian and aleut. Aleut people were classed as wards of the state and communities fell under the control of the bureau of. The us military saw the aleutians as an enemy target and potential launching point for the american attack on japan and initiated a military buildup on the islands.
