Solomon Atkinson’s casket in 2019, commemorating both his Tsimshian heritage as an Alaska Native and his 22-year career as a Navy SEAL and plankholder for SEAL Team 1. (Laddie Shaw/courtesy photo).

Even among Navy SEALs, Atkinson’s accomplishments stand out: He was one of the Navy’s first 60 SEALs, and a “plank holder” for SEAL Team 1.

In Alaska Native Resilience, Holly Miowak Guise draws on oral histories and archival research to look at how Alaska Natives ...

Future Navajo-class Towing, Salvage and Rescue ship will bear the name USNS Solomon Atkinson (T-ATS-12), in honor of the Alaskan native and Navy SEAL, the Navy announced Monday. Secretary of the ...

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — The U.S. Navy is naming a ship after decorated Alaska Native veteran Solomon Atkinson of Metlakatla. Atkinson, who died in 2019, was one of the first Navy SEALs.

(THE CONVERSATION) Five hundred years ago, in a mountain-rimmed ocean fjord in southeast Alaska, Tlingit hunters armed with bone-tipped harpoons eased their canoes through chunks of floating ice ...

SEALS IN ALASKA.; Statements of Natives of Alaska and the Atentian Islands Before a Committee of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Share full article. March 27, 1869.