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HISTORY During the late prehistoric period, AD 1400-1700, the Koniag (Eskimo) culture held sway over Kodiak Island. Native populations were at their peak, and warfare and raiding were widespread. When attacked, local people retreated to fortresses they had built on sea stacks and cliff islands. In 1784, the native people of Old Harbor were attacked by the Russian army. The soldiers killed and imprisoned hundreds, breaking the back of Kodiak Native resistance to Russian domination. During the following decades, the Alutiiq population of Kodiak dropped from 10,000 to 1,500 as executions, enslavement, disease, and starvation took their toll. |
