Juana Maria
✶1811
†October 18, 1853
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†October 18, 1853
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Juana Maria, better known to history as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño. She lived alone on San Nicolas Island off the coast of Alta California from 1835 until her removal from the island in 1853. Scott O'Dell's award-winning children's novel Island of the Blue Dolphins (1960) was inspired by her story. She was the last native speaker of the Nicoleño language.
Native American
Biography from the article Juana Maria on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.