Resources & Research

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Dr. Jan Timbrook, Curator of Ethnography, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, examining an American Indian basket.

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

 
Photo galleries, videos, sound files, and ebooks.

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

American Indian Elder.

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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Historical Timeline

The story of the Lone Woman in historical context

Answers to frequently asked questions

FAQs

Answers to frequently asked questions

Last updated: July 22, 2019