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Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

4.0 100 mins TV Movie   Drama   1978
Director(s): Robert Ellis Miller

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.

Casts of Ishi: The Last of His Tribe

Dennis Weaver

as Prof. Benjamin Fuller

Eloy Casados

as Ishi as an Adult

Devon Ericson

as Lushi as a Teenager

Joaquín Martínez

as Grandfather

Geno Silva

as Elder Uncle

Joseph Runningfox

as Ishi as a Teenager

Lois Red Elk

as Grandmother

Gregory Cruz

as Timawi as a Teenager

Michael Medina

as Ishi as a Boy

Patricia Ganera

as Lushi as a Girl

Eddie Marquez

as Timawi as a Boy

Dennis Dimster

as Tad Fuller

Wayne Heffley

as Sheriff Lockhart

Peter Brandon

as Dr. Robbins

Missy Gold

as Little Girl

Jay W. MacIntosh

as Music Hall Singer

Ernest D. Paul

as Barton

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