Adam Castillo, a Cahuilla Indian, was president of the Mission Indian Federation during the early 1900s (twentieth century). He was familiar with the Cahuilla, Luiseno, Gabrielino and Cupeño dialects. He acted as consultant to J.P. Harrington and assisted him sometime between the 1930s and the 1950s with the linguistic analysis of the four words that have been attributed to the Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island.
DATE OF BIRTH: December 18, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Jacinto Reservation (Soboba Village), California, USA
DATE OF DEATH: December 24, 1953
PLACE OF BURIAL: Riverside County, California, USA
References
Schwartz, Steven J., Susan L. Morris, John R. Johnson. The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Her Story from Native American Sources. Presentation at the May 2018 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Archaeological Society, Santa Barbara, California.
DATE OF BIRTH: December 18, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH: San Jacinto Reservation (Soboba Village), California, USA
DATE OF DEATH: December 24, 1953
PLACE OF BURIAL: Riverside County, California, USA
References
Schwartz, Steven J., Susan L. Morris, John R. Johnson. The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Her Story from Native American Sources. Presentation at the May 2018 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Archaeological Society, Santa Barbara, California.
Last updated: November 16, 2018