Research & Resources

J. P. Harrington posing with three Cuna (Tule) while making dictaphone recordings of Cuna language and songs, 1924. Photograph by DeLancey Gill, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.

Research & Resources provides tools to allow students, scholars, and the public to delve further into the Lone Woman and her story. Click on the images below to learn more.

 

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  Photos & Multimedia

  Photo galleries, videos, sound files, and ebooks.

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  Teacher Resources

  Writing prompts, lesson plans, and other resources for teachers to use in the classroom.

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  Voices from the Field

  Short essays by leading experts on many aspects of Island of the Blue Dolphins and the Lone Woman story.

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  Maps

  Maps of the Channel Islands and other maps of interest to readers of Island of the Blue Dolphins.

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  Digital Archive

  Hundreds of periodical accounts about the Lone Woman with transcriptions, annotations, and analyses.

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  Glossary

  Definitions of key vocabulary.

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  FAQs

  Answers to frequently asked questions