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Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978)

Dec 20, 1978 TV Movie, Drama 1h 40m
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40%
1 votes
Internet Movie Database
68%

Overview

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.

Dalton Trumbo
Writer
Robert Ellis Miller
Director
Christopher Trumbo
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Dennis Weaver
Dennis Weaver

Prof. Benjamin Fuller
Eloy Casados
Eloy Casados

Ishi as an Adult
Devon Ericson
Devon Ericson

Lushi as a Teenager
Joaquín Martínez
Joaquín Martínez

Grandfather
Geno Silva
Geno Silva

Elder Uncle
Joseph Runningfox
Joseph Runningfox

Ishi as a Teenager
Lois Red Elk
Lois Red Elk

Grandmother
Gregory Cruz
Gregory Cruz

Timawi as a Teenager
Arliene Nofchissey Williams
Arliene Nofchissey Williams

Mother

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