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.
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San Nicolas is the most remote of the Southern Channel Islands (shown in light green). Semi-arid and largely barren, it is located 60 miles (97 km) from the mainland coast.
1893 illustration of Juana Maria
1901 drawing depicting Juana Maria
Padre José González Rubio funded an effort to find Juana Maria.
A plaque commemorating Juana Maria at Santa Barbara Mission cemetery, placed there by the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1928.
Statue of Juana Maria and child in Santa Barbara, California, at the intersection of State Street & Victoria Street.About this person
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.
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