Island of the Blue Dolphins
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Island of the Blue Dolphins is a 1960 children's novel by American author Scott O'Dell, which tells the story of a girl named Karana who is stranded alone for years on an island off the California coa
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Nicoleño
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The Nicoleño were the people who lived on San Nicolas Island in California at the time of European contact. They spoke a Uto-Aztecan language. The population of the island was "left devastated by a ma
Island of the Blue Dolphins
…the story of a girl named Karana who is stranded alone for years on an island off the California coast. It is based on the true story of Juana Maria, a Nicoleño Native American left alone for 18 years on San Nicolas Island during the nineteenth century. Island of the Blue Dolphins won the Newbery Medal in 1961…
Photograph possibly depicting Juana Maria, the last surviving member of the Nicoleño people