The Story Of Ishi, The Yahi Man Who Emerged From The California Wilderness — Then Became A “Living Exhibit” In San Francisco

Eventually, the Redding Rancheria and Pit River Tribe were identified among the closest appropriate recipients.

After more negotiation, the brain was released.

Ishi’s ashes were also removed from the cemetery.

In 2000, eighty-four years after his death, the separated remains were reunited.

Then Native representatives carried him back toward the country from which he had emerged in 1911.

The burial location was kept secret.

After a lifetime of being watched, photographed, studied, recorded, exhibited, measured, and catalogued, privacy became part of his final return.

The Man Without A Public Name Was Finally Given A Private Grave

The secrecy surrounding Ishi’s reburial is one of the most fitting details in his story.

Almost everything about his final years had been made public.