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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
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]
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.
- (642)
- Drama, Romance
- Harry Hook
- 1992-03-28
Dec 6, 2009 · A more oral-historically 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...
- 9 min
- 71.9K
- fireworksoflife
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.
- Robert Ellis Miller
- Ernest D Paul
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.
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
