Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

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.

DirectorRobert Ellis Miller

ProducersVicki Niemi, James F. Sommers

WritersDalton Trumbo, Christopher Trumbo