What Events That Led To Ishi Being The Las Survivor Of His Entire Tribe

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1. What events led to Ishi being the las survivor of his entire tribe?

There were several events that led to Ishi being the last survivor. The arrival of European settlers destroyed the land the Yana people were occupying by allowing the cattle roam the land while the gold mining destroyed the rivers and streams. Yahi members were massacred by the white settlers while the gold rush was leading. Unfortunately, Yahi people had to flee to the mountains to escape from the settlers, but sadly tribe members started to decrease rapidly. Ishi was hungry and lonely but continue to hide in the mountains for 40 years before he emerges. He was then taken into custody, but soon release due to the intrigued professors.

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Researchers took an interest in Ishi because they knew he was the last and only survivor of the tribe. They wanted to understand him, his culture, language and the past as well.

What valuable information other than language did Ishi provide for researcher that they would not have otherwise been able to obtain?

Ishi provided the researchers with information about his early life, how Yahi members had to scattered into the woods due they were being tracked by white settlers. He also told them about how they had to hide for 40 years in fear from the settlers and how the number in members were decreasing.

How does Ishi’s story refute Commissioner of Indian Affairs Dillon Myer’s statement that Indians possessed o ‘legitimate culture’ of their own?

After Ishi’s emerged into modern society, he told people about his past life. How they lived, how they hunt and what they have to go through to try to survive. Due to his story people were curious about his previous life, they wanted to understand every part of it. They learned to respect him and treat him like the human being he was. After he passed, the white settlers protected the land he lived in in his

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