Ishi
Ishi (c. 1860 – March 25, 1916) was the pseudonym of the last member of the Yahi people, and as such, the last surviving member of the Yana people. Ishi is believed to be the last Native American in Northern California to have lived the bulk of his life completely outside European American culture. He emerged from the wild near Oroville, leaving his ancestral homeland in the foothills near Lassen Peak.
Ishi means man in the Yahi dialect of Yana; his real name was never known because it was taboo in Yahi society to say one's own name. Since he was the last member of his tribe, his real name died with him.
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