Ishi, a Yahi Indian of California who was the last of his tribe, died 102 years ago this Sunday
Ishi looks for some fish to spear, c. 1912 On March 25, 1916, a Yahi Indian of the Yana people named Ishi died of tuberculosis in his quarters at the University of California’s anthropology museum in San Francisco. He was about 55 years old. Ishi fixing his two-pronged fishing spear. Thanks to national fascination with … Continued
