Editing Aleuts (section)

===Internment during World War II===
In June 1942, during [[World War II]], Japanese forces occupied [[Kiska]] and [[Attu Island|Attu]] Islands in the western Aleutians. They later transported captive Attu Islanders to [[Hokkaido]], where they were held as [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] in harsh conditions. Fearing a Japanese attack on other Aleutian Islands and mainland Alaska, the U.S. government [[Aleutian Islands campaign#Evacuation of the Unangax|evacuated]] hundreds more Aleuts from the western chain and the Pribilofs, placing them in internment camps in southeast Alaska, where many died of [[measles]], [[influenza]] and other infectious diseases which spread quickly in the overcrowded dormitories. In total, about 75 died in American internment and 22<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/descendant-of-last-native-leader-of-alaska-island-demands-japanese-reparations-for-1942-invasion/ar-AA1vAJjA?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=46baf9dd3cd64751f1f3f873fb4dd42b&ei=15 Descendant of last native leader of Alaska island demands Japanese reparations for 1942 invasion as a result of Japanese occupation 12-12-2024]</ref>died while prisoners of the Japanese.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Madden, Ryan |title='The Government's Industry': Alaska Natives and Pribilof Sealing during World War II.|journal=Pacific Northwest Quarterly|volume= 91|issue=4 |year=2000|pages=202–209|jstor=40492595}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/aleu/learn/historyculture/unangan-internment.htm|title=Evacuation and Internment, 1942–1945 – Aleutian World War II National Historic Area (U.S. National Park Service)|website=nps.gov|access-date=June 17, 2017|archive-date=October 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006190608/https://www.nps.gov/aleu/learn/historyculture/unangan-internment.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Aleut Restitution Act of 1988]] was an attempt by [[United States Congress|Congress]] to compensate the survivors. On June 17, 2017, the U.S. Government formally apologized for the internment of the Unangan people and their treatment in the camps.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170617174509/http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article156740129.html US apologizes for WWII internment of Alaska's Unangan people]. ''The Associated Press'' via ''Miami Herald''. June 17, 2017</ref>

The [[Aleutian Islands Campaign|World War II campaign]] by the United States to retake Attu and Kiska was a significant component of the operations in the [[American Theater (World War II)|American]] and [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II|Pacific theaters]].