Who was the Native American mystery woman of San Nicolas Island?

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Her castaway tale captured 19th-century imaginations and inspired the novel 'Island of the Blue Dolphins.' Scholars today are diving deeper into her people's history in California's colonial past.

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Language is the house of being. In its home human beings dwell. Those who think and those who create with words are the guardians of […] The post On Preservation appeared first on The Point Magazine.

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