Ishi: Last of His Tribe Summary
Theodora Kroeber

Ishi: Last of His Tribe Summary

"Ishi: Last of His Tribe" is a slightly fictionalized account of the life and death of Ishi, the last of the Yana People in northern California. The book was written by Theodora Kroeber, whose husband, Alfred Kroeber, met and worked with Ishi at the Museum of Anthropology at the University of California. Theodora Kroeber wrote the narrative based on her husband’s notes, though she never met Ishi herself.

Ishi was...

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