Burial entry for Juana María, the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island : October 19, 1853, in the Libro de Difuntos (Book of Deaths) at Santa Barbara Mission. The entry states that no one could understand her language, so her baptism was bestowed conditionally by Fr. Sánchez
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Copy print of handwritten text written in Spanish. Image originally obtained from the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library.
Juana María Santa Barbara (Calif.) Santa Barbara Mission Chumash Indians--California--Santa Barbara County Funeral rites & ceremonies--California--Santa Barbara
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BG-NA-14-086.jpg Part of "Historical Photos of Four Ethnicities on California's Central Coast" Collection Originally published as part of Native Americans on the Central Coast: a photo essay
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