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Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978)

Directed by Robert Ellis Miller

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.

Length 100 minutes

Actors

Dennis Weaver | Eloy Casados | Devon Ericson | Joaquin Martinez | Geno Silva | Joseph Runningfox | Lois Red Elk | Gregory Cruz | Arliene Nofchissey Williams | Michael Medina | Patricia Ganera | Eddie Marquez | Dennis Dimster | Wayne Heffley | Peter Brandon | Missy Gold | Jay W. MacIntosh | Ernest D. Paul