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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 Crew

Dalton Trumbo
Writer
Theodora Kroeber Quinn
Novel

Cast

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

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