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==== [[Awa'uq Massacre]] ==== | ==== [[Awa'uq Massacre]] ==== | ||
On April, 1784, during the Russian colonization of Alaska, a party of 130 Russian fur traders massacred a community of Alutiiq people residing on Sitkalidak Island. It is estimated that about 500 were killed in the massacre, while 1,000 people were captured as each chief was forced to surrender his children to the Russians as hostages. | On April, 1784, during the Russian colonization of Alaska, a party of 130 Russian fur traders massacred a community of Alutiiq people residing on Sitkalidak Island. It is estimated that about 500 were killed in the massacre, while 1,000 people were captured as each chief was forced to surrender his children to the Russians as hostages. | ||
==== [[San Nicolas Island Massacre]] ==== | |||
In 1814, a party of Russian and Aleut hunters mass murdered and raped the native Nicoleño population residing on San Nicolas Island within the Channel Islands off the coast of California. The last surviving member, Juana Maria, died in 1853. | |||
====[[The Trail of Tears]]==== | ====[[The Trail of Tears]]==== | ||