Ishi's brain : in search of America's last "wild" Indian / Orin Starn.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Starn, Orin
Language:English
Published: New York : Norton, [2004], ©2004.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Ishi, > -1916.
Yana people > Biography.
Yana people > Anthropometry.
Kroeber, A. L. > (Alfred Louis), > 1876-1960.
Yana people.
Kroeber, Theodora.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Repatriation > United States.
Human remains (Archaeology) > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Cultural property > Repatriation > United States.
Genre:
Biography.
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Physical Description:352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Trails to Ishi
  • A "compromise between science and sentiment"
  • The wild man of Deer Creek
  • Ishi, Alfred, and Theodora
  • Ishi's ancestors
  • Oroville
  • The destruction of the Yahi
  • Niche 601
  • "Doctor Kroeber's pet buffalo"
  • The paper trail
  • The wet collection
  • Aleš Hrdlička 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
  • Vera's party.