Ishi: The Last of His Tribe (1978)

TV Movie
Drama

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.

Cast

Prof. Benjamin Fuller
Ishi as an Adult
Lushi as a Girl
Timawi as a Boy
Sheriff Lockhart
Dr. Robbins
Little Girl
Music Hall Singer
Lushi as a Teenager
Elder Uncle
Ishi as a Teenager
Grandmother
Timawi as a Teenager
Ishi as a Boy

Crew

Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Production Design