Maria Solares

{{Short description|Chumash ancestor (1842–1923)}}

{{Primary sources|date=September 2023}}

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| caption = María Solares, who worked extensively with John P. Harrington to document the Inéseño/Samala Chumash language and culture.

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Date: undated

Collection: Native Americans on the Central Coast

Owning Institution: Black Gold Cooperative Library System

Source: Calisphere

Date of access: August 29 2023 16:13

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| alt = A black and white photo picturing Maria Solares, advanced in age and wisdom, standing in front of a wooden structure in full sunlight

| caption = María Solares, who worked extensively with John P. Harrington to document the Samala Chumash language and culture

| native_name = Qilikutayiwit

| birth_date = 15 Apr 1842

| birth_place = Monterey, Alta California

| death_date = 6 Mar 1923

AVS-Deaths 1905–1939 – California, Ancestry.com, California Death Index 1905–1939, (ancestry.com), page 218/705 (10262).

DEATH

Name: Maria Solares

[Initial of Spouse: M]

Birth Year: abt 1841

Death Date: 6 Mar 1924*

Age at Death: 83

Death Place: Santa Barbara, California

[State File No: 35546]

• DEATH DATE DISCREPANCY: Indian Census Rolls, 1923, Santa Ynez, states, "died 3/6/23"

| death_place = Santa Barbara, California

| nationality = American

| occupation = Laundress/at home

| other_names = Qilikutayiwit, Maria Ysidora del Refugio, Maria del Refugio, Maria Brigida, Maria Isabel del Refugio Solares, Maria Refugio Solares

Schwald, R. (2015, April 2). India solares, Maria Ysidora del Refugio. INDIA SOLARES, Maria Ysidora del Refugio b. 15 Apr 1842 Monterey, Alta California d. 6 Mar 1923 Santa Barbara County, California: Schwald Family Genealogy. https://schwaldfamily.org/getperson.php?personID=I19009

| known_for = Documenting the Samala Chumash language and cultureSanta Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians#Samala Chumash language

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| mother = Brigida

| father = Benvenuto

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{{unbulleted list|Joaquin (1861–1863)CENSUS 1860 – U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 8/18, 17 Jul 1860.

1860 CENSUS – Santa Ynez, Santa Barbara, California|Manuel (1863–1866)AVS-Marriages – California, Snta Barb Co, Santa Barbara Genealogical Society, (santabarbaragenealogy.org/SBMarriages.php), http://santabarbaragenealogy.org/Marriages/SB_Marr_Gr_i.php.

MARRIAGE – Santa Barbara County

Bride – Groom – Date – Place – Groom Nativity – Bride Nativity

INDIAN, Maria del Refugio – INDIAN, Manuel – 11 Apr 1863 – La Purisima – Native American – Native American|Nicomedes Liberado (1866–1868)AVS-Marriages – California, Snta Barb Co, Santa Barbara Genealogical Society, (santabarbaragenealogy.org/SBMarriages.php), http://santabarbaragenealogy.org/Marriages/SB_Marr_Br_i.php.

MARRIAGE – Santa Barbara County

Bride – Groom – Date – Place – Groom Nativity – Bride Nativity

INDIAN, Maria del Refugio – INDIAN, Nicomedos – 12 Feb 1866 – Santa Barbara Mission – Native American –

Native American|Frank Estrada (1868–1870)CENSUS 1880 – U.S. Federal, (ancestry.com), page 2/6, 12 Jun 1880.

1880 CENSUS – District 85, Ballard, Santa Barbara, California

NAME – AGE – RELATIONSHIP – CIVIL CONDITION S/M/W – OCCUPATION – PLACE OF BIRTH self/father/mother

Rafael Indian – 50 – _ – M – Laborer – Cal/Cal/Cal

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Maria Indian – 40 – squaw – W – _ – Cal/Cal/Cal

Ramon Indian – 25 – son – M – Laborer – Cal/Cal/Cal

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Francisco Indian – 16 – son to Maria – S – Laborer – Cal/Cal/Cal

Santiago Indian – 12 – son to Maria – S – _ – Cal/Cal/Cal|Jose Gallego (1870–1872)BK-Breath of the Sun: Life in Early California, Fernando Librado, John Peabody Harrington, (Malki Museum Press, 1979), page 154.

1870 CENSUS – Township 3, Santa Barbara, California

Book states this is Maria Solares.

Book ALSO states, "Maria may also have been married to a Jose Gallego."|Manuel Solares (1872–1923)}}

| children = 4: Maria, Clara, Jose, Francisco "Frank"

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Maria Solares ({{IPAc-en|US|ˈ|m|ɑ:|r|i|ə|_|s|o:|ˈ|l|ɑ:|r|ɛ|s}}, {{langx|es|link=no|Maria Solares}}; born Qilikutayiwit, also known as Maria Ysidora del Refugio, {{circa}} April 1842 – March 1923) was a Native Californian woman belonging to the Chumash people, notable for her association with documenting and preserving the Samala Chumash language and culture.

Maria has been the focus of controversy, believing her to be a non-Chumash tribe member among other accusations.Lynch, J. P. (2021, May 27). Maria Solares a dilemma for Chumash. Santa Ynez Valley News. https://syvnews.com/opinion/commentary/maria-solares-a-dilemma-for-chumash/article_e1d5fea8-6d7d-11e1-b0be-001871e3ce6c.html However John R. Johnson, an adjunct professor of anthropology at UCSB, has researched the history of Maria's ancestors in the Santa Ynez Valley and found that her parents, grandparents, and great grandparents were all on church records as being baptized at Mission Santa Inés.Johnson, J. R. (2021, May 27). Chumash deserve an accurate historical account. Santa Ynez Valley News. https://syvnews.com/opinion/commentary/chumash-deserve-an-accurate-historical-account/article_68d00c02-73da-11e1-afce-0019bb2963f4.html