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37 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Who wrote this book?
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Orin Starn. |
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When did he write it? |
2004. |
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Where did the author do his dissertation research? |
The Andes. |
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When did the author first visit Yahi country? |
When he met Art Angle to speak about Ishi in 1997.
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How did Ishi die? |
From Tuberculosis in 1916 in San Francisco. |
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How many Native Americans were estimated to be in California in 1848?
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150,000. |
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How many Native Americans were estimated to be in California in 1900?
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20,000. |
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What happened on Alcatraz Island in 1969?
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A band of young indians seized the island prison as a kind of liberated republic, and demanded attention to the needs of their tribes, and attracted worldwide press coverage. Lasted an entire year, and was followed by protests at Plymouth Rock, Mount Rushmore, and Wounded Knee.
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Who was most responsible for beginning the movement to “retribalize” Ishi?
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Art Angle. He had begun an organization called the Butte County Native American Cultural Committee, and proposed ishi’s repatriation at a meeting.
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Where did the author (and others) first get a clue that there was an issue surrounding Ishi’s brain?
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From “Ishi in Two Worlds” by Theodora Kroeber. |
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Who came up with the name “Ishi”? What does it mean?
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Alfred Kroeber, actually means “man”.
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How did Alfred Kroeber’s knowledge of “Yahi” compare to Ishi’s knowledge of English?
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Kroeber didn't know pretty much any of the Yahi language, and Ishi learned much more english then Kroeber did Yahi. Found a lawyer as well to help him out.
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How did Kroeber feel about the proposed autopsy of Ishi?
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Kroeber believed that an autopsy of Ishi would be a violation of Ishi’s trust. The reason being that it was considered “unclean” and even dangerous to touch a dead body, and that the majority of California’s tribes had buried/cremated their dead with as little contact as possible with the cadaver.
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Who was Kroeber’s lifelong guru of Antrhopology?
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Franz Boas. |
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How did Franz Boaz and Kroeber feel about race and equality?
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They believed that all races were equal and that people should be judged by their own standards.
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Who was most responsible for ensuring that the legacy of Ishi would endure to our era today?
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Theodora Kroeber. She wrote a book called Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America and a children's book called Last of His Tribe.
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What factors influenced the writing of Theodora Kroeber?
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Theodora Kroeber wanted her book to be a parable of healing, reconciliation, and mutual respect across the divides of race and culture.
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How tall were the Yahi?
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The average man stood about 5’4, and the average women 5’2.
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How did white clam shell beads get to Mill Creek?
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The Indian tribes often traded with other tribes and places around the world. The white clam shells were probably obtained by trade from the distant Pacific Coast.
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What did the Yurok find most amazing about the Spanish when they first met?
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The Yurok found most amazing the many varieties of hair color- blonde, red, and so many shades of brown that the Spanish had. The only hair color they ever saw was black.
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Where did Art Angle and the author first meet in person?
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They met in person in Oroville, at the Cornucopia Restaurant.
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How did surgeon general William A Hammond ensure that Native American bones would end up in Washington?
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He ordered army medical officers in the West to collect all surgical or medical specimens, and send them to Washington. For example, when there was a murder of 6 Pawnee Indians, he boiled down the bodies and set the skulls to Washington.
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When did the “repatriation” movement really take off?
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By the 1980's. |
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Where was Ishi first laid to rest?
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Olivet Memorial Park Cemetery in Colma.
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How did Art Angle get interested in Ishi’s plight?
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Art Angle was a Maidu Indian, and was already working to bring Maidu bones back home. Once he saw the mural in downtown Orville of Ishi, he decided he wanted to work to get Ishi repatriated as well.
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How did Robert Anderson and Sim Moak rise to fame in the Sacramento Valley?
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Was known as Indian Hunters. |
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How did Anderson and his friends differentiate between “good” Indians and “bad” Indians?
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The “bad” indians were the mountain indians of Mill Creek Canyon who had to be hunted down, and the “good” indians were the valley indians employed by ranchers. The bad indians also took guns and ammunition from white men. Also by deciding if they needed to use self defense.
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What happened in the Three Knolls Massacre?
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In 1865, 16 armed White Settlers massacred a Yana community at Three Knolls in Mill Creek California. Ishi was believed to be there.
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What did the Yahi do to inspire the Kingsley Cave Massacre?
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The Yahi had stolen a cow. The settlers tracked them with dogs and cornered them into a cave. Norman Kingsley was the rancher who shot them.
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What was in Niche 601?
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The place in the cemetery where Ishi’s ashes were kept.
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Who conducted Ishi’s autopsy?
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Jean Cooke, the pathologist on duty. |
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What medical reason was there for removing Ishi’s brain during the autopsy?
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To check for Tubercular Meningitis, however it was actually for anthropological interest, and there wasn't really a good medical reason.
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Who told the author about the fate of Ishi’s brain?
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Nancy Rockafeller. |
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Who was John P. Harrington and what is the author’s opinion of his practices?
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He was a brilliant student of languages who worked for the Smithsonian’s Bureau of American Ethnology. Starn(the author) however thought that Harrington was intrusive, and that his type of behavior was what lead tribes to ban anthropologists from their reservations.
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What is “values free” anthropology?
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Research not affected by beliefs. |
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What is the difference between Ishi being in a vaudeville show and Ishi being on display at the Anthropology museum? Did Kroeber exploit Ishi?
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In a Vaudeville Show, Ishi was able to show demonstrations of Native life. Kroeber did exploit Ishi.
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Who was Nancy Rockafeller, and why did she feel compelled to investigate Ishi?
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She was a doctor at UCSF that sympathized with the Native Americans.
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