The Story of the Yahi Man

"In August 1911, the hungry Indian Indians left the Butte wilderness, walked to Oroville, California, and became instant news." (Rockafeller) The name of India is Ishi. He left the forest and wanted food. "The stone seems to be walking by a dead guy." (Gannet) The stone will not always be forgotten by his historical traces of staying in the world. Stone was born in the wild and eventually lived in one of the biggest cities, and death broke the United States.

The story's story begins with the life in the Yahi. Yahi is a Yana tribe subgroup, consisting of four subgroups, North, Central, South and Yahi. Yana belongs to the Hokan superfamily, one of the six superfamilies in North America: "Every family has its own geographical boundary, its own dialect, and its own profession and characteristics, respectively" Traditionally there are such cultural fragments and different languages ​​can be used in each tribe even though they share the same superfamily. Since 1844, the number of immigrants to Spain and British Americans to California has increased; immigrants are looking for land, gold and new life. The increase in immigration brought about a tension between wild Indians and domesticated settlers. Yahi till members of thousands and then as the only survivor of his tribe

Let's consider the case of Native American natives from Yahi in northern California. Ish experienced the massacre of Yahid and was 50 years old before the arrival of 1911 and was hiding alone in the wilderness for five years. Many people imagined themselves as "the last wild indian" and the last year of Ishi was used as a museum exhibition for the University of California campus. After his death in 1916 his brain was sent to the Smithsonian Institution where he was hidden in the vault. NAGPRA provides a legal path for the indigenous community in northern California to advocate Ishi's brain revival. "We are going to respect the spirit and tradition of the elders, Ishii's spirit will eventually become quiet and will be free to join his ancestors," tribal leader said It was. In 2000, a member of a closely related tribe could restore the brains of the stone, reorganize the remains of the remains, and properly buried according to traditional customs.