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Ishi, a native American man who was widely acclaimed as the \u201clast wild Indian\u201d emerged from the wilderness on 29th August, 1911.\nHis arrival came as a huge surprise to the people of Oroville, California, who had thought that his entire tribe had become extinct a good 40 years earlier. He was immediately taken to a jail cell and locked up, not because he had committed a crime but because authorities simply had no idea what to do with him.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explore the relationship between Ishi and the anthropologists that took him in; discuss why he preferred to be photographed in a suit and tie rather than Native American dress; and speculate on what Ishi must have made of the vaudeville shows his handlers took him to see\u2026\xa0\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\n\n\u2018The Story Of Ishi, The \u2018Last\u2019 Native American\u2019 (All That's Interesting, 2018): https://allthatsinteresting.com/ishi-last-native-american\xa0\n\n\u2018America honours its debt to Ishi, last of the Yahis\u2019 (The Guardian, 2000): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/aug/10/duncancampbell\xa0\n\n\u2018A Man Called Ishi\u2019 (Advanced Laboratory for Visual Anthropology at CSU, Chico, 2021): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEmqOCta3NU\xa0\n\n\n#US #1910s #Indigenous\nLove the show? Join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\xa0\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\n\xa0\nWe'll be back tomorrow! podfollow.com/Retrospectors\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices