BERKELEY-- A century after a starving Native American known as Ishi emerged from the Northern California wilderness and was studied by University of California anthropologists, efforts are under way ...

, aims to strip away the moralistic veneer of the Ishi legend. Told like a detective story, "Ishi's Brain" is a compelling, and at times, agonizing story of human fallibility, of conflicting good ...

Local independent researcher Richard Burrill is in the midst of a multi-volume project detailing everything known about Ishi and his people. Newly published is “Ishi’s Untold Story In His First World, ...

The Tehama County Museum will host its third lecture on Saturday, May 10 in its 2025 Lecture Series. The presentation will feature Steve Schoonover speaking on “Before Ishi: The Life and Death of the ...

OROVILLE -- Ishi may be close to going home. The full remains of Ishi, thought to be the last Yahi Indian, soon will be reunited and reburied according to tribal custom, state Attorney General Bill ...