Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

Directed by Robert Ellis Miller
1978    1h 40m
6.9
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.
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Cast of Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
  • Dennis WeaverProf. Benjamin Fuller
  • Eloy CasadosIshi as an Adult
  • Devon EricsonLushi as a Teenager
  • Joaquín MartínezGrandfather
  • Geno SilvaElder Uncle
  • Joseph RunningfoxIshi as a Teenager
  • Lois Red ElkGrandmother
  • Gregory CruzTimawi as a Teenager
  • Arliene Nofchissey WilliamsMother
  • Michael MedinaIshi as a Boy
  • Patricia GaneraLushi as a Girl
  • Eddie MarquezTimawi as a Boy
  • Dennis DimsterTad Fuller
  • Wayne HeffleySheriff Lockhart
  • Peter BrandonDr. Robbins
  • Missy GoldLittle Girl
  • Jay W. MacIntoshMusic Hall Singer
  • Ernest D. PaulBarton

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