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.
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👉 Awa'uq Massacre in the context of Grigory Shelikhov
Grigory Ivanovich Shelikhov (Russian: Григорий Иванович Шелихов; 1747, Rylsk, Belgorod Governorate – July 31 [O.S. July 20] 1795) was a Russian seafarer, merchant, and fur trader who established a permanent settlement in Alaska. He and his forces were responsible for the 1784 Awa'uq Massacre.