 The island has a land area of and no resident population.The Awa'uq Massacre or Refuge Rock Massacre, "Wounded Knee of Alaska" was a 1784 massacre of native Alutiiq people on Refuge Rock ("Awa'uq" in Alutiiq language) by Russian fur trader Grigory Shelikhov.The Russians slaughtered 500 (or 2000) men, women and children on Refuge Rock.