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Ishi Last of His Tribe
Ishi Last of His Tribe
Author: Theodora Kroeber
In the early 1900s a small band of California Indians in the Yahi tribe lived in concealment, resisting the fate that had all but wiped out their people -- violent death by the invading gold seekers and settlers. In time, members of the small group died, until there remained a single survivor -- the man who became known as Ishi. This book tells ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780553107470
ISBN-10: 055310747X
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Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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The haunting true story of the sole survivor of a lost civilization..."A window through which we can experience the spiritual symmetries of the Indian way."

In the early 1900s, a small band of California Indians of the Yahi tribe resisted the fate that had all but wiped out their people - violent death at the hands of the invading white man. Throughtout their ordeal and their final realization that they could survive only by becoming a hidden people, this tiny group held to the gentle moral and religious code of their ancestors. In time, one by one of the tribe died, until there remained a single survivor - the man who became known as Ishi.
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The haunting true story of the sole survivor of a lost civilization...
In the early 1900s a small band of California Indiants of the Yahi tribe resisted the fate that had all but wiped them out... white man. In time, one by one of the tribe died until only one remained: Ishi.


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