Awa'uq Massacre

Awa'uq Massacre
Part of the Russian colonization of the Americas and the American Indian Wars
Grigory Shelikhov's settlement is depicted in this 1802 lithograph. Three Saints was founded in 1784 just across the strait from Sitkalidak Island.
Grigory Shelikhov's settlement is depicted in this 1802 lithograph. Three Saints was founded in 1784 just across the strait from Sitkalidak Island.
Date14 August 1784
Location
Sitkalidak Island, Alaska, Russian America

57°06′22″N 153°05′00″W / 57.10604°N 153.0832814°W / 57.10604; -153.0832814
Parties
Koniag Alutiiq people
(Qik’rtarmiut Sugpiat)
Lead figures

none

Number
4,000[1]
130[1]
Casualties and losses
200[2]–3,000[3] killed
no casualties[3]

The Awa'uq Massacre[4][5] or Refuge Rock Massacre,[5] or, more recently, as the Wounded Knee of Alaska,[2] was an attack and massacre of Koniag Alutiiq (Sugpiaq) people in August 1784 at Refuge Rock near Kodiak Island by Russian fur trader Grigory Shelekhov and 130 armed Russian men and cannoneers of his Shelikhov-Golikov Company.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference refBenfitzhugh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b John Enders (1992), "Archaeologist May Have Found Site Of Alaska Massacre", The Seattle Times, Sunday, August 16, 1992
  3. ^ a b The Afognak Alutiiq People: Our History and Culture, Alutiiq, a wholly owned subsidiary of Afognak Native Corporation, July 2008
  4. ^ Sven Haakanson, Jr. (2010), "Written Voices Become History". In Being and Becoming Indigenous Archaeologists. George Nicholas (editor). Left Coast press, Inc., 2010
  5. ^ a b Afognak Village Timeline