Ishi (ca. 1860 - March 25, 1916) was the last member of the Yahi, the last surviving group of the Yana people 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 European American culture. Finally, starving and with nowhere to go, at the age of about 49 on August 29, 1911, Ishi walked out into the white man's world. Read more