Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799

1786-1792

Shelikhov launches a campaign to conquer Alaska Natives

Shelikhov settlement in Kodiak Island. Image: Rasmuson library, University of Alaska
Shelikhov settlement in Kodiak Island. Image: Rasmuson library, University of Alaska

Shelikhov confiscates land and establishes forts and permanent settlements on Kodiak Island. He enslaves Aleuts as domestic servants (Nies, 1996).

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