The Life of Ishi

Ishi was a Native American, and belonged to the Yahi tribe. He was born around 1860. Over the years, his tribe was wiped out due to the white people. The only remaining family were his grandparents, mother, uncle, cousin, and friend from another village. Over time his family died making him the last member of his tribe. He was later found in a slaughterhouse near San Fransisco, where he was taken to the local jail for a place to stay. He was then moved into the Museum of Anthropology where Alfred Kroeber studied Ishi closely and learned about the Yahi. In 1916 Ishi died of tuberculosis.