Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978)
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.
Ishi: The Last of His TribeTV Movie, Drama
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
- Joseph Runningfox — Ishi as a Teenager
- Lois Red Elk — Grandmother
- Gregory Cruz — Timawi as a Teenager
- Arliene Nofchissey Williams — Mother
- Michael Medina — Ishi as a Boy
- Patricia Ganera — Lushi as a Girl
- Eddie Marquez — Timawi as a Boy
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