Island of the Blue Dolphins
Island of the Blue Dolphins

Author: Scott O'Dell

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0395069629

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Far off the coast of California looms a harsh rock known as the island of San Nicholas. Dolphins flash in the blue waters around it, sea otter play in the vast kep beds, and sea elephants loll on the stony beaches. Here, in the early 1800s, according to history, an Indian girl spent eighteen years alone, and this beautifully written novel is her story. It is a romantic adventure filled with drama and heartache, for not only was mere subsistence on so desolate a spot a near miracle, but Karana had to contend with the ferocious pack of wild dogs that had killed her younger brother, constantly guard against the Aleutian sea otter hunters, and maintain a precarious food supply. More than this, it is an adventure of the spirit that will haunt the reader long after the book has been put down. Karana's quiet courage, her Indian self-reliance and acceptance of fate, transform what to many would have been a devastating ordeal into an uplifting experience. From loneliness and terror come strength and serenity in this Newbery Medal-winning classic.

Finding the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island
Finding the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island

Author: R. C. Nidever

Publisher: Stansbury Publishing

Published: 2017-04-03

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 1935807285

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R.C. Nidever's novel is based on the true story of Juana Maria, a California native American left alone on the remote San Nicolas Island of California's Channel Islands and the man who finally found her in 1835: Captain George Nidever. R.C. Nidever's story is about the encounter first described in Scott O'Dell's Island of the Blue Dolphin in 1960, but told much more completely and from a different perspective.

Ghost Woman
Ghost Woman

Author: Lawrence Thornton

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1999-10-06

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 0520220684

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Ghost Woman explores the history and tragedy of colonialization in California through the life of a remarkable Native American woman.

The California Channel Islands
The California Channel Islands

Author: Marla Daily

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 073859508X

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Every day, thousands of Southern California residents see the California Channel Islands on the horizon, yet few can name all eight. Santa Catalina Island, third largest, is by far the best known. It is the only island with a city, Avalon, where dozens of hotels, shops, and restaurants await visitors year-round. Three of the islands are owned by the US Navy: San Clemente, San Nicolas, and San Miguel. San Clemente and San Nicolas Islands are used for military training, naval weapons development, and missile testing; thus access is restricted. Five islands fall within the boundaries of Channel Islands National Park: San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, Anacapa, and Santa Barbara Islands. Close to the mainland and yet worlds apart, scenic day trips and primitive camping opportunities are available on all five park islands. With neither stores nor modern conveniences, a trip to Channel Islands National Park is a step back in time.

Shrouded Heritage
Shrouded Heritage

Author: Thomas A. Holm

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-05

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9781099752490

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Shrouded Heritage: Island of the Blue Dolphins describes the quest of a father and daughter to reveal the true events that inspired Scott O'Dell's most beloved novel, and detail the life and legacy of the real woman who inspired the character O'Dell named Karana. This remarkable saga weaves together a captivating narrative derived from dozens of historic documents, as well as from accounts of Indigenous People who passionately assert their ancestral bond to the actual island that O'Dell fictionalized in his literary masterpiece. During this saga, bitter conflicts arise as suppressed evidence is revealed by the author that challenges academics who then must fight to retain thousands of human remains taken from the real Island of the Blue Dolphins. Their opponents are Indigenous Peoples who wish to rebury their ancestors on that island in order to return their souls to heaven among the Milky Way.

Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants
Indians, Missionaries, and Merchants

Author: Kent G. Lightfoot

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2006-11-20

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 0520249984

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Lightfoot examines the interactions between Native American communities in California & the earliest colonial settlements, those of Russian pioneers & Franciscan missionaries. He compares the history of the different ventures & their legacies that still help define the political status of native people.