Awa'uq Massacre
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| 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. | |||
| Date | 14 August 1784 | ||
| Location | 57°06′22″N 153°05′00″W / 57.10604°N 153.0832814°W | ||
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The Awa'uq Massacre or Refuge Rock Massacre, or, more recently, as the Wounded Knee of Alaska, 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.