![]() ![]() ![]() The anthropologist Alfred Kroeber gave him this name because in the Yahi culture, tradition demanded that he not speak his own name until formally introduced by another Yahi. Ishi, which means "man" in the Yana language, is an adopted name. In 1911, aged 50, he emerged at a barn and corral, 2 mi (3.2 km) from downtown Oroville, California. Ishi, who was widely acclaimed as the "last wild Indian" in the United States, lived most of his life isolated from modern North American culture. The rest of the Yahi (as well as many members of their parent tribe, the Yana) were killed in the California genocide in the 19th century. 1861 – March 25, 1916) was the last known member of the Native American Yahi people from the present-day state of California in the United States. University of California, San Francisco, U.S. ![]()
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