Ishi's brain : in search of America's last "wild" Indian
Title:
Ishi's brain : in search of America's last "wild" Indian
JLCTITLE245:
Orin Starn.
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Norton, ©2004.
Physical Description:
352 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780393051339
Abstract:
An anthropologist retraces his efforts to locate the brain of Ishi--the "last wild Indian" of California who became an icon of dying Native American culture when he was captured in 1911--and his struggle to repatriate the remains.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-333) and index.
Contents:
Trails to Ishi -- A "compromise between science and sentiment" -- The wild man of Deer Creek -- Ishi, Alfred, and Theodora -- Ishi's ancestors -- Oroville -- The destruction of the Yahi -- Niche 601 -- "Doctor Kroeber's pet buffalo" -- The paper trail -- The wet collection -- Aleš Hrdlička and the great brain hunt -- The Maidu go to Washington -- Lines of descent -- Ancestral gatherings -- Grizzly bear's hiding place -- The sacred fire -- Dersch meadow -- Vera's party.