Ishi, the Last of His Tribe- Part 3 of 9

A more ethnographically accurate re-telling of the story of a Northern California Indian named "Ishi" by anthropologists. He was the last member of the Yahi tribe by the year 1911 and became a living museum exhibit in San Francisco until his death in 1916. Originally directed by Robert Ellis Miller, the tele-play was written by black-listed screenwriter Dalton Trumbo. The film originally aired on TV in 1978. Dennis Weaver plays anthropologist Thomas Watterman. For a copy of the DVD please contact me at lynchlee@hotmail.com

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Film & Animation

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• Ishi
• Dalton
• Trumbo
• Ellis
• Miller
• Last
• of
• His
• Tribe
• Oroville
• Yahi
• Indian

[rentatrip1]

Working with University of Cali- Professors Ishi demonstrated how his people lived , Ishi gave a record of the native method of daily life - Ishi was the last native American to live apart from "white man" - his knowledge of aboriginal life in the USA is a matter of History

[fireworksoflife]

@rentatrip1 How about Ishi being living museum exhibit? It doesn't sound too cool to me...

[bigdatut]

There are many inaccuracies in this film but I can see that they tried to make a good effort at retelling the story. It is better than most.

[fireworksoflife]

@bigdatut this movie is of the internet mash-up historical collage genre.

[rentatrip1]

For more detailed information about the truth of the man ISHI -please find & read the Book

Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora Kroeber Please do everyone justice and read the book before launching out with ignorant comments , this video production has some errors & the more complete True Story of Ishi can be obtained by reading the book-