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American Experience - Season 5 Episode 20 Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian

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When "Ishi," the last surviving member of a small Indian tribe, walked into the small California town of Oroville in 1911, he became a media curiosity and scientific "specimen." The San Francisco Museum built a Yahi house where audiences could watch Ishi make arrowheads and shoot bows. Ishi went to the theater and received invitations of marriage. But contact would bring him terrible physical and psychological consequences.

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First Air Date: Oct 04, 1988

Last Air date: Oct 01, 2024

Season: 37 Season

Episode: 396 Episode

Runtime: 55 minutes

IMDb: 7.50/10 by 28.00 users

Popularity: 180.221

Language: English