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If you are fond of castaway tales, the story of a Juana Maria may not only fascinate you immensely but might also break your heart. The tribal woman was part of Nicoleño, an Aborigines tribe who used to inhabit the Channel Islands, 61 miles off the coast of California.
This woman solely survived on her island for 18 years before she was rescued in 1853 by Captain George Nidever, a fur trapper and sailor by trade. So how did she end up at this deserted island? For centuries, the Nicoleño tribe had no outside contact with the world until a group of Russian fur traders and then the Spanish invaded the island to poach the seals and sea otters. The Catholic missionaries then began trying to convert the outnumbered Nicoleño and also use them as cheap labor. In 1835, the Mission Santa Barbara sent a ship to…The post The castaway tribal woman who spent 18 years alone on an island… appeared first on FeedBox.