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Documents detail island's dark past

The historic fur sealing factory on St. George Island. Photo by Annie Feidt, APRN.For more than a century, the Pribilof Island fur sealing industry sent millions of dollars to the U.S. treasury. But when the operation came to an end in the early 1980s, the federal government left a legacy of mistreatment of the Aleut natives who live there.Annie Feidt, APRN - St. Paul