Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

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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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

TV Movie,

Drama

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

1978

Director:

Robert Ellis Miller

Cast:
Dennis Weaver

Prof. Benjamin Fuller

Eloy Casados

Ishi as an Adult

Devon Ericson

Lushi as a Teenager

Joaquín Martínez

Grandfather

Geno Silva

Elder Uncle

Crew:
Christopher Trumbo

Writer

Robert Ellis Miller

Director

Theodora Kroeber Quinn

Novel

Dalton Trumbo

Writer

Edward Lewis

Executive Producer