Ishi: The Last of His Tribe
1978A 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.
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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
Arliene Nofchissey Williams
as Mother
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