Ishi we are grateful. My tribes were there and the ancestors have told me the stories. My great grandmother at the age of 103 would tell me the story of our ancestors fleeing to the mountains. I was eight years old then. Now I'm 66 years old. Our family is buried in the first row at the San Gabriel Mission. We were here from the beginning, we are the true Americans.
@@truthwillrevealed1588 I do have Crow, Cherokee, and Shawnee ancestry. Not enough to classify as part of either of those nations. My paternal grandfather could, he and a few of his siblings are bit more dark than standard Irish white. Most of us do have higher cheek bones but only some are a bit darker complected. Side note, I live very close to the Earth Works built by the Mound Builders located in Ohio.
I have heard of him, I feel so heartbroken for him. He lost all of his love ones. Ishi was a brave man, I know he is with his family on the other side.
@Yes No amen it's just a colloquial way of saying tjat someone agrees with and affirms what's being said. You're the one putting religion into it, words belong everywhere. They have meanings yes but those can bend and shift and intersect and acquire new and other uses. You're being ridiculous
Yes, I agree. Unfortunate that some treated him as a specimen or project. He was an interesting survivor of his Tribe, an historic person with much worth. Thanks for sharing Ishi’s story. 🙏❤️✌️😷
What a great story. This man endured so much in his life,yet he was able to turn it around and enjoy some of western culture. Though I do wish his friends could have granted his last wish. I hope Ishi is now happy and back with his Native People. Thank you F.l. another great story.Also your good to look at
This part "San Francisco was his new home" this hits deep. I hope he found peace and whatever happiness came his way in the end. Thanks Forget Lives, you never disappoint!
Ishi lived an amazing life surrounded by loving caring people he lived at a museum in his own home he built and did demonstrations on indigenous ways and flint knapping stone tools although when he died the message to not do an autopsy on him was not received on time and an autopsy was done and in yahi culture you go to hell when and autopsy is done to you
What a fascinating and yet horrific story about, Ishi the last living member of his Native American family and heritage. He endured alot of tragedies in his lifetime but still was able to make the most of difficult situations. I hadn't heard of this story before. Great historical investigation of this story.
I have a beautiful book about Ishi. Have known of this Tale from childhood, an old Field &Stream magazine issue... When I saw the book at a thrift shop I had to pick it up.
I live about 60 miles from Ishi's native ground. I have explored the area around Mt Lassen my whole life and consider it home. His hunting grounds were a bit South of my own. I roam the land of the Northern Maidu, a Northern neighbor of the Yahi. There is a wonderful book by Saxton Pope entitled Hunting with the Bow and Arrow. Pope was very close with Ishi, his entire life in "civilization". They hunted, shot targets, and Ishi taught him how to make a bow and arrow. Pope is now referred to as the father of modern bow hunting. From the book, after Ishi's passing: "With him there was no word for good-by. He said: "You stay, I go." He has gone and he hunts with his people. We stay, and he has left us the heritage of the bow."
Thank You DeepOwl1073..! (as i will also post in a comment here) Great Documentary! Yet I would love to have seen mention of the man Ishi called "Popey," Saxton T. Pope (who my grand-mother, Mary Lee Pope, his sister, told me about when I was just a boy in the early 1960's), who was Ishi's doctor that became one of his best friends and greatly influenced modern archery and took it to it's "next level!" (Probably after the [sad] "brain removal incident")... "On May 25, 1916 Ishi succumbed to tuberculosis and passed on to a higher hunting ground. Dr. Pope wrote in 'Yahi Archery' (1918) that, 'When he died and was cremated according to the custom of his people, we placed by his side some tobacco, ten pieces of dentalium shell, a little acorn meal, a bit of jerky, his fire sticks, a quiver full of arrows, and his bow." Their "Spirit Lives On" www.archeryhalloffame.com/Pope.html
Yes, but there are two facts about the movie that Professor Theodore Kroeber and his daughter Theodora Kroeber's books point out. There were NO prostitutes involved and no jail cells were locked up on Ishi. Ishi did sleep in a jail cell for a short time.
Poor man. Sad story that seems all too familiar when it comes to the genocide of indigenous peoples. Putting him on display like a zoo animal was a bit much. They seemed to acquire more compassion after spending time with him but he was still seen as something ‘other’. Glad his remains were returned to the native people and given a proper burial. A fascinating story.
Great story, he died too young! Loved the way you tell the stories now, showing yourself on the screen. Good job! No ads, but as always i relisten to your vids for that. Thank you FLives. Happy Healthy New Year!🎊 Good night
Thank you for another well done bio, love listening and learning. I'm a volunteer for my small California town's museum, and the treatment of native peoples in our state has a dismal record. At one time, there were bounties for killing them, and our government reimbursed the cost of the bullets used for the murders. Good to get the stories and racist history told. Our native tribe was Chiguan Ohlone.
Yes. It is terrible the treatment of the tribes in California. I am a teacher and in our district there are Ohlone and other indigenous people. And statistically speaking, they have the lowest graduation rate. It is so sad, because in California free tuition to a 4 year university is available to state residents who are at least one-quarter Native American and enrolled in a federally recognized tribe. But so many of them can't make it through high school to even qualify. It is a shameful legacy of the past
That is very interesting. They did mention he was not able to say what his real name was due to customary beliefs. Having the name translate to "I Am" makes a lot of sense really....Thanks for the information. Incidentally, what is your indigenous language if you don't mind me asking?
@@SnaykEyes77 I've often wondered how that custom started with the tribes we have. It was bad manners to ask someone their name, and introductions were needed.
I love the new format. It's nice to see those talking to us,even for just a brief moment. Happy new year. Thanks for always making interesting content in a time when we all need the distraction.
Love your videos I never miss any you have a great way of telling the stories of the people you feature and I learn a lot from you thank you for another great video
Thank you so much for doing Ishi. He was a truly amazing person in his own right, surviving so long, then able to emrace the new culture he was thrown into. That he could make friends, work and build a new life, after all he had gone through, is a testiment to his intelligence and character. He deserved better in the end, even thought Waterman and Kroeber finally woke up. Again, thanl you.
My dad and I were able to find his last camp, not mentioned in this video, shortly before that area of the mountain caught fire. It took us quite a few years to find it. We also had to carefully traverse a couple privately owned properties of that area to finally get there.
This was a great video. I’m kinda sad about how Ishi was put on display for people to gawk at. Also btw you really are so handsome and also very respectful of the people you talk about and it makes for a wonderful watching experience.
Ugh, I wish they could have translated more of Ishi’s words. That would have been important history. It would be a nightmare to live in a museum and see the artifacts of your now extinct culture and people.
Of course there's a deeply tragic air to Ishi's time at the museum, but he was able to share his culture, things he would have learned from his tribe that would otherwise have been lost with him, and he seemed to enjoy that. I think compared to many others exploited by western society (in sideshows or for the sake of scientific research like Ota Benga), Ishi had a fairly comfortable fulfilling life. While he was exhibited he wasn't held captive, he didnt seem to be forced to do anything, he was included and seemed to have felt genuine joy in participating... At least that's how it seems, since he did not appear to have become depressed or withdrawn as others in similar situations. Of course there's the underlying moral implications involved in the exhibition of humans for entertainment and profit. And the unequal power dynamics present in the relationships. However at no point did it seem Ishi was pushed to do anything against his will, against his own best interest? Sure, but not against his will.
Professor Theodore Kroeber and Ishi learned each others language. Then the professor and his daughter Theodora Kroeber wrote books about Ishi. Public libraries should have copies, and shopping internet sites too.
@@BebeesHuman I just read the book. The book jacket reads that Theodora Kroeber was Pfr. Kroeber's wife. She was also an anthropologist. They have numerous recordings of Ishi speaking into the recorders of the day. From these recordings, she was able to translate and write the story. I highly recommend reading the book. It is as close to knowing his story in his own words as we can get.
Excellent video, but one clarification: the men who found their last camp/village at Grizzly Bear Hiding Spot didn’t take “a few” of their belongings - they took all their vital belongings and all their food. This was as the season was changing to winter. They essentially doomed the 4 of the 5 last residents to death. Ishi was only survivor.
I had heard about Ishiguro many years ago and was completely fascinated , and saddened by his life. He must have been so lonely to have lost everyone in his family and tribe. Again, destruction by foreign invaders. So sad. 🦋
How sad. He was a handsome man and bizarrely I feel like I recognise him from somewhere 🤔. Disgusting that an autopsy was performed, I wonder if the letter had been received or not..... May he have freedom , peace and love in this next part of his journey. Thanks for a fascinating story. Best wishes to you and followers Worldwide Xxx 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🗺️ 🍀 🏴
@@jemdew3123 I Know, do you think he looks like a famous person or? 🤔 I'm not up to date with celebs, haven't had a TV for 11 years. 🤷🏼♂️ Good wishes 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🍀 🗺️ 🏴
What such an amazing and moving video from such an extraordinary man. Thanks for the upload. Thanks for your hard work to bring us such remarkable stories otherwise forgotten.
3;30 - You left out that the surveyors took all their most important tools as trinkets to sell to collectors and to keep as souvenirs. If i remember, this was at the beginning of winter, and so they faced winter without their tools and having to try to make new ones when they could not access the materials to make them.
You should do a story on the Maidu, the Neighboring tribe to the Yahi, And Ishi's mother was Maidu and taken from Maidu tribe as a young girl at the Maidu camp, by Black Bear's Father the then leader and Medicine man of the Yahi, it occurred on the Feather River where it is now named the area known as Pulga in Northern Ca.
It's like a lot of Vietnam vets who when they go back to Vietnam finally get to release this image of what they experienced when they see the country has moved on. I think on some level they knew he needed to go back there to move on.
Haven't even started watching your video yet; just recognized the man in the thumbnail...Ishi. I've been fascinated by the life of this man for many years. One of my oldest friends is a member of the Wintu tribe. Wintus were close neighbors to the Yahi in Northern California. Thank you in advance for this video. Ishi's life was bittersweet and should impress people greatly - if not inspire them.
I’ve loved forgotten lives from day one and I always wondered what the narrator looked like and where you were from because I can’t place your account. You’re adorable and very well spoken. Poor Ishi. People thought they were so enlightened but they were so ignorant
After WW1, here in the u.s., there was a swing toward making natives into the majestic, at one with nature ppl we see them as now. Read the writings of the settlers/pioneers etc. if you're interested. Very interesting to see it from their pov.
I’m so baffled. I have pictured you completely differently. I’ve listened to you for a long time and its nice to see you. I will need to get used to the new image in my mind. Now I’m wondering if Brief Case is a handsome sod too 😆 I really admire your love of history and have appreciated the comfort these videos have given me during these times
Thank you for all your hard research and videos. Loving your new format and am quite intrigued with the background, very classic. Henriette Desaulles from St Hyacinthe Québec is a great forgotten life, her private diaries have been published and would be more than willing to help her be remembered...I have read the book "Hopes and Dreams" so many times and lived in that town...
If you need any Intel for an eventual video, I was in her house as before it burned it was my notaries office, my daughter attended private school in the same place (it had burned as well). If you ever have the chance the diary book is a great read that lets you into the mind set of Canadian French Victorian times.
Wow i am quite surprised how young the narrator is. Amazing voice for such a young man. Amazing videos and content. Please continue what you do, this is so amazing !
Ah! Another face reveal, it's always great to see another content creator whom I appreciate. 🙏🏻🙏🏻Your videos are always very entertaining and fully captures my attention. Plus, your accent is lovely and clear. 😁
With my biological family being Native American from two tribes and many Caribbean Indian relatives from the Island of Saba which was called Leverock Island during Ishis life in America, I personally thank you for hosting a video covering Ishis life and our cultures & beliefs. It is much appreciated thank you.
I've been subscribed to this channel since mid 2020. I often wondered what the narrator looked like...he's handsome! Thanks for sharing this story, keep up the good work!
This was the most poignant story! I can't imagine how he felt about his brain being taken , to study!!!! Knowing full well, how important death and its journey were to him! so callous! Hell, its callous anyway! sniff sniff This one got to me, I truly think this is among your very top bios, and you have so many that,s saying a lot!! I sure love all of your biography shorts tho!!! By far one of my favorite channels! Keep up the great work! You take care and stay safe! What a nice young man!
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Ishi we are grateful. My tribes were there and the ancestors have told me the stories. My great grandmother at the age of 103 would tell me the story of our ancestors fleeing to the mountains. I was eight years old then. Now I'm 66 years old.
Our family is buried in the first row at the San Gabriel Mission. We were here from the beginning, we are the true Americans.
lol get kicked out cry abt it
@@Sniper-iu5py Child.
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@@Sniper-iu5py You must have been brought up terribly to be so immature and cringy. Hopefully you grow up child
@@devonmartin9841 again cry 😂😂😂
He is not forgotten, he is loved. I do hope he had found peace. 💗
I hope so!
R u Native American
@@truthwillrevealed1588 I do have Crow, Cherokee, and Shawnee ancestry. Not enough to classify as part of either of those nations. My paternal grandfather could, he and a few of his siblings are bit more dark than standard Irish white. Most of us do have higher cheek bones but only some are a bit darker complected. Side note, I live very close to the Earth Works built by the Mound Builders located in Ohio.
loved :) loved by the most evil race ever existed
@@mejiger way to be extremely racist and be exactly what is wrong with our society.
I have heard of him, I feel so heartbroken for him. He lost all of his love ones. Ishi was a brave man, I know he is with his family on the other side.
AMEN 🙏🏼❤️🗺️🍀🏴
@Yes No amen it's just a colloquial way of saying tjat someone agrees with and affirms what's being said. You're the one putting religion into it, words belong everywhere. They have meanings yes but those can bend and shift and intersect and acquire new and other uses.
You're being ridiculous
I know he is where he belongs in the afterlife, with his loved ones.
Yes, I agree. Unfortunate that some treated him as a specimen or project. He was an interesting survivor of his Tribe, an historic person with much worth. Thanks for sharing Ishi’s story. 🙏❤️✌️😷
Can’t even imagine how much Ishi suffered, losing everything he ever loved. Hope he’s resting in peace.
Jesus will smite the ones who wronged this man on Judgement day.
What a great story. This man endured so much in his life,yet he was able to turn it around and enjoy some of western culture. Though I do wish his friends could have granted his last wish. I hope Ishi is now happy and back with his Native People. Thank you F.l. another great story.Also your good to look at
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching :)
It was terrible his wishes weren't met in death. Some people are very taboo about what happens to their bodies after death.
This part "San Francisco was his new home" this hits deep. I hope he found peace and whatever happiness came his way in the end. Thanks Forget Lives, you never disappoint!
Thanks for watching :)
Ishi lived an amazing life surrounded by loving caring people he lived at a museum in his own home he built and did demonstrations on indigenous ways and flint knapping stone tools although when he died the message to not do an autopsy on him was not received on time and an autopsy was done and in yahi culture you go to hell when and autopsy is done to you
I just saw that they mentioned this in the video I hadn’t watched the whole thing when I commented.. I’m sorry about that lol
His response to seeing all the people who now crowded the land was not what I was expecting. Interesting story!
I'd have been terrified - in fact, I am - 🤔 - good wishes x
I remember studying his life in anthropology classes. It is such a heartbreaking story.
What a fascinating and yet horrific story about, Ishi the last living member of his Native American family and heritage. He endured alot of tragedies in his lifetime but still was able to make the most of difficult situations. I hadn't heard of this story before. Great historical investigation of this story.
Thanks for watching :)
I have a beautiful book about Ishi. Have known of this Tale from childhood, an old Field &Stream magazine issue... When I saw the book at a thrift shop I had to pick it up.
I just read it, too. An amazing story.
I live about 60 miles from Ishi's native ground. I have explored the area around Mt Lassen my whole life and consider it home. His hunting grounds were a bit South of my own. I roam the land of the Northern Maidu, a Northern neighbor of the Yahi.
There is a wonderful book by Saxton Pope entitled Hunting with the Bow and Arrow. Pope was very close with Ishi, his entire life in "civilization". They hunted, shot targets, and Ishi taught him how to make a bow and arrow. Pope is now referred to as the father of modern bow hunting.
From the book, after Ishi's passing:
"With him there was no word for good-by. He said: "You stay, I go." He has gone and he hunts with his people. We stay, and he has left us the heritage of the bow."
Thank You DeepOwl1073..! (as i will also post in a comment here) Great Documentary! Yet I would love to have seen mention of the man Ishi called "Popey," Saxton T. Pope (who my grand-mother, Mary Lee Pope, his sister, told me about when I was just a boy in the early 1960's), who was Ishi's doctor that became one of his best friends and greatly influenced modern archery and took it to it's "next level!" (Probably after the [sad] "brain removal incident")... "On May 25, 1916 Ishi succumbed to tuberculosis and passed on to a higher hunting ground. Dr. Pope wrote in 'Yahi Archery' (1918) that, 'When he died and was cremated according to the custom of his people, we placed by his side some tobacco, ten pieces of dentalium shell, a little acorn meal, a bit of jerky, his fire sticks, a quiver full of arrows, and his bow." Their "Spirit Lives On" www.archeryhalloffame.com/Pope.html
I really liked this type of video,
Poor man, he must have felt so lonely...
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There is a movie called Ishi: The last Yahi. It is very good and will have you in tears.
Yes, but there are two facts about the movie that Professor Theodore Kroeber and his daughter Theodora Kroeber's books point out. There were NO prostitutes involved and no jail cells were locked up on Ishi. Ishi did sleep in a jail cell for a short time.
I read about Ishi in the fourth grade . I cried my eyes out for months
Poor man. Sad story that seems all too familiar when it comes to the genocide of indigenous peoples. Putting him on display like a zoo animal was a bit much. They seemed to acquire more compassion after spending time with him but he was still seen as something ‘other’. Glad his remains were returned to the native people and given a proper burial. A fascinating story.
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Great story, he died too young! Loved the way you tell the stories now, showing yourself on the screen. Good job! No ads, but as always i relisten to your vids for that. Thank you FLives. Happy Healthy New Year!🎊
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Happy new year! Thanks for the support!!
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Always a pleasure! Sorry later reply, no power for the all day! Bad weather! Thank you. Good night
Ishi will never be forgotten. Hope hes having the best afterlife anyone of us can get.
Thank you for another well done bio, love listening and learning. I'm a volunteer for my small California town's museum, and the treatment of native peoples in our state has a dismal record. At one time, there were bounties for killing them, and our government reimbursed the cost of the bullets used for the murders. Good to get the stories and racist history told. Our native tribe was Chiguan Ohlone.
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Yes. It is terrible the treatment of the tribes in California. I am a teacher and in our district there are Ohlone and other indigenous people. And statistically speaking, they have the lowest graduation rate. It is so sad, because in California free tuition to a 4 year university is available to state residents who are at least one-quarter Native American and enrolled in a federally recognized tribe. But so many of them can't make it through high school to even qualify. It is a shameful legacy of the past
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How interesting, His name in my Indigenous language means I Am.
That is very interesting. They did mention he was not able to say what his real name was due to customary beliefs. Having the name translate to "I Am" makes a lot of sense really....Thanks for the information. Incidentally, what is your indigenous language if you don't mind me asking?
Hi! Ishi is the word for 'man' in Yahi. It seems to be nearly the same.
@@SnaykEyes77 Hi! As I mentioned to MD Darkwood, Ishi is the word for 'man' in Yahi. It seems to be nearly the same.
@@SnaykEyes77 I've often wondered how that custom started with the tribes we have. It was bad manners to ask someone their name, and introductions were needed.
How much Native American do you have in you?
Very amazing and interesting biography. This is one of your very best videos and deeply touching.
Thank you so much for running this great channel.
So nice of you! Thanks!
I love the new format. It's nice to see those talking to us,even for just a brief moment. Happy new year. Thanks for always making interesting content in a time when we all need the distraction.
Glad you enjoy it! Thanks!
Love your videos I never miss any you have a great way of telling the stories of the people you feature and I learn a lot from you thank you for another great video
Glad you like them!
Thank you so much for doing Ishi. He was a truly amazing person in his own right, surviving so long, then able to emrace the new culture he was thrown into. That he could make friends, work and build a new life, after all he had gone through, is a testiment to his intelligence and character. He deserved better in the end, even thought Waterman and Kroeber finally woke up. Again, thanl you.
My dad and I were able to find his last camp, not mentioned in this video, shortly before that area of the mountain caught fire. It took us quite a few years to find it. We also had to carefully traverse a couple privately owned properties of that area to finally get there.
This was a great video. I’m kinda sad about how Ishi was put on display for people to gawk at. Also btw you really are so handsome and also very respectful of the people you talk about and it makes for a wonderful watching experience.
Thanks very much! I'm glad to hear that!
Ugh, I wish they could have translated more of Ishi’s words. That would have been important history.
It would be a nightmare to live in a museum and see the artifacts of your now extinct culture and people.
Of course there's a deeply tragic air to Ishi's time at the museum, but he was able to share his culture, things he would have learned from his tribe that would otherwise have been lost with him, and he seemed to enjoy that. I think compared to many others exploited by western society (in sideshows or for the sake of scientific research like Ota Benga), Ishi had a fairly comfortable fulfilling life. While he was exhibited he wasn't held captive, he didnt seem to be forced to do anything, he was included and seemed to have felt genuine joy in participating... At least that's how it seems, since he did not appear to have become depressed or withdrawn as others in similar situations. Of course there's the underlying moral implications involved in the exhibition of humans for entertainment and profit. And the unequal power dynamics present in the relationships. However at no point did it seem Ishi was pushed to do anything against his will, against his own best interest? Sure, but not against his will.
Professor Theodore Kroeber and Ishi learned each others language. Then the professor and his daughter Theodora Kroeber wrote books about Ishi. Public libraries should have copies, and shopping internet sites too.
@@BebeesHuman I just read the book. The book jacket reads that Theodora Kroeber was Pfr. Kroeber's wife. She was also an anthropologist. They have numerous recordings of Ishi speaking into the recorders of the day. From these recordings, she was able to translate and write the story. I highly recommend reading the book. It is as close to knowing his story in his own words as we can get.
Thank you for showing your face, this puts a face with the voice. I enjoy your stories and appreciate the work you do.
Excellent video, but one clarification: the men who found their last camp/village at Grizzly Bear Hiding Spot didn’t take “a few” of their belongings - they took all their vital belongings and all their food. This was as the season was changing to winter. They essentially doomed the 4 of the 5 last residents to death. Ishi was only survivor.
He had went through so much sadness. I hope he is now at peace. ❤
Thank you very much for this video. What a kind soul in his eyes. Very moving piece of work.
I had heard about Ishiguro many years ago and was completely fascinated , and saddened by his life. He must have been so lonely to have lost everyone in his family and tribe. Again, destruction by foreign invaders. So sad. 🦋
Actually we all have had this experience or we would not be clammering together in the last nation that allows it.
How sad.
He was a handsome man and bizarrely I feel like I recognise him from somewhere 🤔.
Disgusting that an autopsy was performed, I wonder if the letter had been received or not.....
May he have freedom , peace and love in this next part of his journey.
Thanks for a fascinating story.
Best wishes to you and followers Worldwide Xxx 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🗺️ 🍀 🏴
Hi Janet!
@@jemdew3123 I Know, do you think he looks like a famous person or? 🤔
I'm not up to date with celebs, haven't had a TV for 11 years. 🤷🏼♂️
Good wishes 🙏🏼 ❤️ 🍀 🗺️ 🏴
@@bettyjames4155 Hiya Betty James!
How are you?
Frozen ground and lockdown here in Bonnie Scotland.
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@@janetcw9808 I'm doing well.
@@jemdew3123 I thought Leonard Cohen perhaps... 🤔
What such an amazing and moving video from such an extraordinary man. Thanks for the upload. Thanks for your hard work to bring us such remarkable stories otherwise forgotten.
Very interesting, well done!
Many thanks!
3;30 - You left out that the surveyors took all their most important tools as trinkets to sell to collectors and to keep as souvenirs. If i remember, this was at the beginning of winter, and so they faced winter without their tools and having to try to make new ones when they could not access the materials to make them.
Ishi recorded over 5 hours of songs and stories. They are still here in California, along with countless more, at UCB.
In fourth grade our entire class read the book about ishi and I remember crying with half my class at the end he went through a lot
You should do a story on the Maidu, the Neighboring tribe to the Yahi, And Ishi's mother was Maidu and taken from Maidu tribe as a young girl at the Maidu camp, by Black Bear's Father the then leader and Medicine man of the Yahi, it occurred on the Feather River where it is now named the area known as Pulga in Northern Ca.
Very few people know that! Ishi’s mother was actually my great (x5) aunt, her sister being Wistome (Mary Beavers) who I descend from.
Wow great to put a face to the voice....always great and interesting stories😀
Yes, I thought he was older. He's very knowledgeable for a youngster☘🤣🧚♂️👍🏻lovely looking young lad😄
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Splendid video sir! Well researched and compassionate as always! And great to see your very handsome self on your videos
Thanks very much!!
Thank you so much for this work. I did not know of this amazing man and I'm glad I have learned something about him and his incredible journey
Ok. A hottie with a passion for knowledge. I like it.
@@nannerlchanel5045 just waiting on my "signed" poster, in the mail...
Arrogant people, expecting Ishi to react to his former home the way an old dog might. Disgusting.
Exactly
I Think they meant will but didn't think the gesture though
Ikr?? How sad it must have made him.. 💔💔
Obviously he had resorvations
It's like a lot of Vietnam vets who when they go back to Vietnam finally get to release this image of what they experienced when they see the country has moved on. I think on some level they knew he needed to go back there to move on.
Haven't even started watching your video yet; just recognized the man in the thumbnail...Ishi. I've been fascinated by the life of this man for many years. One of my oldest friends is a member of the Wintu tribe. Wintus were close neighbors to the Yahi in Northern California. Thank you in advance for this video. Ishi's life was bittersweet and should impress people greatly - if not inspire them.
Fascinating. Many thanks!
It's so very sad how lives can be ruined and destroyed for greed an animalistic behavior. Ishi did not deserve this ending.
Always enjoyable content, was already subscribed, but wow that cameo of you was a nice surprise!
Great, thanks :)
@@ForgottenLives Well deserved-glad to have found this channel!
this is a fantastic story from history thank you for bringing it so to life
Great topic.
Thank you :)
Thank you. I only wish your videos were longer. I love falling into your stories. Stay safe.
He finally got some respect in the end. So terribly sad.
Dang Forgotten Lives is handsome! 😮
Thanks 😁
@@ForgottenLives You’re welcome! 😄
I’ve loved forgotten lives from day one and I always wondered what the narrator looked like and where you were from because I can’t place your account. You’re adorable and very well spoken. Poor Ishi. People thought they were so enlightened but they were so ignorant
Thank You FL😁
Was very interesting I’m from uk but love to hear about native Indians from USA
After WW1, here in the u.s., there was a swing toward making natives into the majestic, at one with nature ppl we see them as now. Read the writings of the settlers/pioneers etc. if you're interested. Very interesting to see it from their pov.
@@GreenLord128 I will much appreciated thank u 🙏🏼
Another fascinating video! Thank you for all the hard work that you do, and for all the incredible information that you bring all of us!
Thank you for this story and keeping history alive for future generations, God bless
How sad he was the last of his tribe. I feel sad for many Native Americans. We did take over their lands. Lovely narration. Gorgeous young man. 😀
I knew skillshare would sponser him. People finally recongnize the hard work,
Thanks 😀
I’m so baffled. I have pictured you completely differently. I’ve listened to you for a long time and its nice to see you. I will need to get used to the new image in my mind. Now I’m wondering if Brief Case is a handsome sod too 😆 I really admire your love of history and have appreciated the comfort these videos have given me during these times
I grew up where they found him. They have a stone with a plaque on it there. It is really sad because he was it, there is and was not another one.
Very interesting. Thank you.
My pleasure!
Those eyes!! Your voice is mesmerising but WOW 😍 Thank you for this story and for allowing me to see the face behind this extraordinary channel 🌟😑
Such a sad story.
Who, on Earth, could anyone thumbs down this?!
Thank you for sharing this story.
Soo cute! Would’ve never guest such a young man behind all this knowledge. Good job 👏🏽👏🏽
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Thanks so much!
@@renatedebruyn9612 thanks, speaking 7 languages can give u a brain-fart sometimes😉
I love your voice its like a white noise machine for history in a good way 😂😂😂😂
Thank you :)
Good job on your video, keep the history alive.
Very interesting. Thank you for sharing Ishi's story.
i had no idea i all ready followed you on tiktok, that’s amazing, love your content !!!
I really enjoy your content. I watch as soon as you put up a new one. Keep up the good work!❤❤😊😊
Thank you for all your hard research and videos. Loving your new format and am quite intrigued with the background, very classic. Henriette Desaulles from St Hyacinthe Québec is a great forgotten life, her private diaries have been published and would be more than willing to help her be remembered...I have read the book "Hopes and Dreams" so many times and lived in that town...
Thanks for the comment! I will look into her!
If you need any Intel for an eventual video, I was in her house as before it burned it was my notaries office, my daughter attended private school in the same place (it had burned as well). If you ever have the chance the diary book is a great read that lets you into the mind set of Canadian French Victorian times.
Thank U for another Awesome Video💕Very Interesting. Excellent Work🍻
I read the book of Saxton Pope when i Was young ,amazing what Ishi can teach the modern people ,doctors and professors
Greetings from Australia. Thank you for interesting content and great video(s).
Thanks for watching 😀
Good job, thank you for all your hard work
Sad all the history loss these people who slaughter these good people and they call them savages they are the savages not them
There are many other tribes. Still being slaughtered but I lived amongst them. 😭
Well, history is full of blood-soaked stories taken place in all over the world.
Wonderful video! I'd only read about Ishi through the writings of Saxton Pope until now. Very good 👍
Wow i am quite surprised how young the narrator is. Amazing voice for such a young man. Amazing videos and content. Please continue what you do, this is so amazing !
Thank you! Will do :)
Well aren't you just a little cutie & a great narrator. Keep up the fantastic work for for real.👌😇👍
Thank you! 😄
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You're welcome!!!😇😇😇
Thanks for your educational videos.
Ah! Another face reveal, it's always great to see another content creator whom I appreciate. 🙏🏻🙏🏻Your videos are always very entertaining and fully captures my attention. Plus, your accent is lovely and clear. 😁
Similar shocking events took place here in Australia .thanks great channel 🇦🇺👍
Stopping by from the Crime Reel. Thank you for talking about Ishi's story.
A lovely but very sad story.
Thank you
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you're a good young man. i enjoy your channel very much.
Thanks!!
Thanks for the video. 👍🏼👍🏼👍
Thank you for this story! Also, it was nice to see your face during the narration.
Wonderful story so well done thank you for sharing
Only discovered your channel today. Went on a bit of a binge lol. Amazing stuff!! 🥰
With my biological family being Native American from two tribes and many Caribbean Indian relatives from the Island of Saba which was called Leverock Island during Ishis life in America, I personally thank you for hosting a video covering Ishis life and our cultures & beliefs. It is much appreciated thank you.
Thanks for the support! And my pleasure!
I've been subscribed to this channel since mid 2020. I often wondered what the narrator looked like...he's handsome! Thanks for sharing this story, keep up the good work!
What a very interesting story 👍🏻. Very enlightening 🥰
I love all your videos very informative
This story made me infinitely sad😔💔
Captivating man; very intriguing. Too bad that he didn't get married and have children. Great video!
This was the most poignant story! I can't imagine how he felt about his brain being taken , to study!!!! Knowing full well, how important death and its journey were to him! so callous! Hell, its callous anyway! sniff sniff This one got to me, I truly think this is among your very top bios, and you have so many that,s saying a lot!!
I sure love all of your biography shorts tho!!! By far one of my favorite channels! Keep up the great work! You take care and stay safe! What a nice young man!
Thanks for the great support ☺️
It's nice to be able to put a face with the voice. Love your videos!