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Ishi

Ishi (c. 1861 – March 25, 1916) was the last member of the Yahi, a group of the Yana of the U.S. state of California. Widely acclaimed in his time as the "last wild Indian" in America, Ishi lived most of his life completely outside modern culture. At 50 years of age, in 1911, he emerged near the present-day foothills of Lassen Peak, also known as Wa ganu p'a.

Ishi means "man" in the Yana language. The anthropologist Alfred Kroeber gave this name to the man because in the Yahi culture, tradition demanded that he not speak his name or that of anyone who was dead. When asked his name, he said: "I have none, because there were no people to name me," meaning that no Yahi had ever spoken his name. He was taken in by anthropologists at the University of California, Berkeley, who both studied him and hired him as a research assistant. He lived most of his remaining five years in a university building in San Francisco.

Ishi (disambiguation)

Ishi (c. 1860–1916) was an American Indian thought to be the last of the Yahi tribe.

Ishi may also refer to:

  • Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal (born 1981), Swedish music producer and songwriter
  • Ishi: The Last of His Tribe, TV-film on the Indian Ishi, 1978
  • Ishi Press, Japanese publishing company focused on the game Go