Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

40% | Dec 20, 1978 | TV Movie, Drama

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.

Featured Cast

Dalton Trumbo
Writer
Theodora Kroeber Quinn
Novel

Cast

Prof. Benjamin Fuller
Dennis Weaver
Prof. Benjamin Fuller
Ishi as an Adult
Eloy Casados
Ishi as an Adult
Lushi as a Teenager
Devon Ericson
Lushi as a Teenager
Grandfather
Joaquín Martínez
Grandfather
Elder Uncle
Geno Silva
Elder Uncle

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