Juana Maria (died October 19, 1853), better known to history as the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island (her Native American name is unknown), was a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño.

2021年3月2日 · Angelique Mott was a large Native American woman that had grown up in her tribe and was well-equipped with forest lore and outdoor survival skills. It is a well-documented fact that many trappers were shown by the natives that one could survive off from cooked poplar/aspen bark for quite a while.

2024年11月8日 · Juana Maria was a Nicoleño, a group of natives from San Nicolas Island. It is one of the Channel Islands in California. The Nicoleños had lived on the island for thousands of years with fishing, hunting, and gathering as their livelihood.

2016年2月3日 · A photograph of a Native American woman, believed to be Juana Maria, who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño. They called her “the wild woman,” “the lost woman,” and “the last of her race.”

An American Indian who lived on San Nicolas Island, California, the Lone Woman was likely born about 1800. She was called the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island because she lived isolated on the remote island for 18 years after her people went to the mainland in 1835.

2018年12月17日 · A Native American woman believed to be Juana Maria. In 1835, the population on the island numbered just a couple of hundred, and the Mission Santa Barbara sent a ship to evacuate the island, bringing the last natives to the mission as a workforce.

2022年11月10日 · After years of rumors that someone still lived on the island, an American-led trapping expedition found and “rescued” a resourceful woman in a greenish cormorant-feather skirt.

2020年9月22日 · Juana Maria was a Nicoleño tribe member who lived for 18 years on the remote California island of San Nicolas, a survival story that inspired the book "Island of the Blue Dolphins." Juana Maria initially lived on the island with her son, but after he died in a fishing accident, she was left completely on her own.

2024年4月19日 · FROM 1835 TO 1853, A Native American woman, stranded after the evacuation of her people, lived alone on San Nicolas Island. Her story inspired one of the most popular children’s novels ever written. Named Karana in Scot O’Dell’s Island of …

2017年4月20日 · From 1835 to 1853, a Native American woman, stranded after the evacuation of her people, lived alone on San Nicolas Island. Her story inspired one of the most popular children’s novels ever...