LAST OF HIS TRIBE

Movie Description:
In 1800 there were 300,000 Native Americans living in California; by 1900 only 20,000 remained. Of the thousands who witnessed this slaughter, it wasthought that none remained wild, until the day in 1911 when the man they called"Ishi" was captured raiding a slaughter-house. Dr. Kroeber and his wife Henriette discover that Ishi is the last survivor of the Yahi tribe. In his head, he carriesthe secrets of his people, howthey lived and died. These are secrets no white man knows- butDr. Kroeber makes it his mission to uncover them before the last of the Yahi is goneforever.