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n. - A language spoken by extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California; A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in northern California.

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  • "Ishi" was not his tribal name, but a word meaning "man" in Yahi.
  • "Maybe he gives us information about the missing people," says Yahi.
  • At their nearby store, Talah (ph) and Yahi (ph) they prepare to open for their first day's of business since the war.
  • His most recent book was "Ishi in Three Centuries," about the last member of the Yahi, a group of Native Americans indigenous to Northern California.
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