Episode 3 of 4
Awa'uq Massacre
- When
- 1784
- Where
- Refuge Rock, off Sitkalidak Island
Shelikhov's traders massacred several hundred Alutiiq people at Refuge Rock in 1784.
In 1784, Shelikhov and his 130 Russian fur traders massacred several hundred Qik'rtarmiut Sugpiat (Alutiiq) men, women, and children at Refuge Rock, a small stack island off the eastern coast of Sitkalidak Island. This violence was part of a broader pattern that became systematic under the Shelekhov-Golikov Company.
Sources
- Kodiak Island Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25
- Russian colonization of North America Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28
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