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Ishi's Return
Streaming Video - 2016
A short documentary about Ishi, billed in 1911 as the "last wild Indian" when he wandered out of the woods in Oroville, CA, and became a national sensation. When Ishi died, his brain was removed and sent to the Smithsonian Institution in...
The old Yahi World and the new world of the white man as seen by Ishi, last survivor of his people.
For Northern California, this book is equal to the records of Massachusetts, 1620-1720. There are references to persons born in all of the continental United States, and from many other countries, who settled in California during and after the...
The Chimariko language, now extinct, was spoken in Trinity County, California. This reference grammar, based on data collected by Harrington in the 1920's, represents the most comprehensive description of the language. Written from a...