Ishi
Ishi (
1860? -
March 25,
1916) was the name given to the last member of the Yahi tribe of
California, and means
man in the Yahi language. He left the wild on
August 29,
1911 near
Oroville, California, after leaving his ancestral homeland in the foothills near
Lassen Peak. Ishi is believed to be the last
Native American to have lived completely outside the European-american culture. His story was popularized in a book by
Theodora Kroeber, wife of
A.L. Kroeber, who worked with Ishi.
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