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Sifting Facts from Fiction: The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, coastal Los Angeles
Possible photo of "Karana" (Juana Maria)
A US Navy scientist reveals recent discoveries about what really happened to the lone Native American woman at the center of the fictional book by Scott O'Dell, Island of the Blue Dolphins. She was Tongva as the Los Angeles tribe inhabited the southern Channel Islands rather than Chumash, who inhabited the northern islands.
During the November 2012 "From Shore to Sea" lecture, US Navy senior archeologist and historian Steve Schwartz tells the story of the remarkable and recent discovery of a long-sought-after cave on San Nicolas Island that was likely the home of the "lone woman" (nps.gov).
A Visit to San Nicolas Island
Karana, Island of the Blue Dolphins
A unique cluster of artifacts was found eroding out of a cliff face
along the coast of San Nicolas Island. Two asphaltum-sealed redwood
boxes, three asphaltum-coated water bottles, and other Native American (Tongva, Alaskan, European) artifacts were
discovered cached on a ledge above the shoreline. Numerous artifacts of
Californian and Aleutian design were found within the boxes as were
items indicative of European contact, including iron nails and glass
artifacts. This film includes selections from over 3,600 still
photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and 20 hours of video footage
documenting the recovery of the cache and the laboratory excavation of
the contents of the redwood boxes.
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