The Yahi Tribe Analysis

What events led to Ishi being the last survivor of his entire tribe?
The events that led to Ishi being the last of his tribe to survive were the white settlers. Gold was found along the Sacramento River in 1848, white settlers poured into the area looking for the gold. The Yahi tribe was largely wiped out by settlers in the massacres of the 1860s. The white settlers, had taken their lands, had hunted their deer, and had killed his people. The Yani people found ways to hide from the white settlers; they divided themselves into smaller groups and hide in the mountains, caves and along the river. Soon it was only his elder Uncle, Mother, cousin and himself left of his tribe. His cousin took his elder uncle across the rocky terrain of Deer creek and never seen them again. Ishi mother soon passed and

Without common language, it had been a difficult task. Once he went back to his homeland, he would be able to show them. He showed them how to stalk a deer, and how to find shelter and warmth during a storm. Everything Ishi taught them was written down in a journal by Kroeber and Waterman took pictures.
How does Ishi’s story refute Commissioner of Indian Affairs Dillon Myer’s statement that “Indians possessed no “legitimate culture of their own?”
Ishi’s story does refute the claims Dillon Myers said in his statement that “Indians possessed no ‘legitimate culture’ of their own” because people were intrigued by Ishi and his way of life before he moved to the University Of California Museum Of Anthropology in Berkeley. Ishi story would give Americans a better understanding of the culture Native American.
How does the information in the textbook, in the video, and the readings about the plight of the Menominee people illustrate the problems with the government’s consideration of a termination