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Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978) is a made-for-television biopic based on the book Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora Kroeber. The book relates the experiences of her husband Alfred L. Kroeber, who made friends with Ishi, thought to be the last of his people, the Yahi tribe. [1]
Dec 20, 1978 · Ishi: The Last of His Tribe: Directed by Robert Ellis Miller. With Dennis Weaver, Eloy Casados, Devon Ericson, Joaquín Martínez. In 1911 in Northern California, a rancher found a naked, unconscious Indian, near death, lying in his horse corral.
- (78)
- Drama
- Robert Ellis Miller
- 1978-12-20
Anthropologist Benjamin Fuller (Dennis Weaver) travels to meet the young man and quickly realizes he is the last remaining member of a heretofore unknown Native American tribe.
- Drama
- Dennis Weaver, Eloy Casados, Devon Ericson
- Robert Ellis Miller
Mar 28, 1992 · The Last of His Tribe: Directed by Harry Hook. With Jon Voight, Graham Greene, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Blessing. Ishi, the last Yahi Indian of California, must leave his homeland and learn to navigate the world of the white man in order to survive.
- (635)
- Drama, Romance
- Harry Hook
- 1992-03-28
The Last of His Tribe is a 1992 American made-for-television drama film based on the book Ishi in Two Worlds by Theodora Kroeber which relates the experiences of her husband Alfred L. Kroeber who made friends with Ishi, thought to be the last of his people, the Yahi tribe.
- Drama Romance
A touching dramatization of a short chapter of American history, tracing the life of the last Yahi Indian from his childhood to his death in 1917 and the story of his friendship with an anthropologist after his discovery in northern California in 1911.
In the early 1900s, Ishi, the last of the Yahi Indian tribe, is discovered nearly 20 years after the Yahi tribe was thought to be wiped out. The curators of a museum agree to look after him, hoping to learn more about him, his tribe, and their beliefs, and to teach him to survive in the modern world. — Brian W Martz <B.Martz@Genie.com>.
