Plot: When "Ishi," the last surviving member of a small Indian tribe, walked into the small California town of Oroville in 1911, he became a media curiosity and scientific "specimen. " The San Francisco Museum built a Yahi house where audiences could watch Ishi make arrowheads and shoot bows

American Experience - Season 5 - Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian (Episode 20)
Episode Aired On:
Wednesday, December 2 1992
32 years ago
Wednesday, December 2 1992
32 years ago
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