
Juana Maria: The Real-life Story Behind "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
Ridiculous History
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How Long Have Your People Been Here?
The channel islands were discovered in the 15 hundreds by juan rodriguez cabrio. The nicalin tribe had lived there for ten thousand years before the spanish conqueror did even set foot there, and nobody even bother to really ask any questions. In 18 11 a group of russian fur traders who found the island and said, this is paradise for us. Look at all these seals. And because they were interested in these natural resources, these otters and these seals, the russian forces attacked the nicolano community,. They assaulted women. They murdered men. All of this meant that the population, which had been about 300, dropped down to just a few dozen by
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