Bibliograph

Ishi's brain, in search of America's last "wild" Indian, Orin Starn

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Ishi's brain, in search of America's last "wild" Indian, Orin Starn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-333) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ishi's brain

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53162433

Responsibility statement

Orin Starn

Sub title

in search of America's last "wild" Indian

Table Of Contents

Prologue: Ishi and me -- A "compromise between science and sentiment" -- The wild man of Deer Creek -- Alfred, Theodora, and Ishi -- Ishi's ancestors -- Oroville -- The destruction of the Yahi -- Niche 601 -- "Doctor Kroeber's pet buffalo" -- The paper trail -- The wet collection -- Ale- hrdli-ka 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 -- Epilogue: Vera's party

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