"Ishi" was not his tribal name, but a word meaning "man" in Yahi. From Wordnik.com. [Theodora Kroeber] Reference
"Maybe he gives us information about the missing people," says Yahi. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2003] Reference
At their nearby store, Talah (ph) and Yahi (ph) they prepare to open for their first day's of business since the war. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2003] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-11-01] Reference
Theodora Kroeber is better known for her book Ishi In Two Worlds, about Ishi, the last surviving member of the Yahi tribe whose people were wiped out by white invasion and genocide. From Wordnik.com. [UMAI AND THE LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER] Reference
This is the area of Ishi, the lone Yahi who left the rugged “front country” of Mill and Deer Creek drainages in 1911 and entered the world of Euro-Americans, ultimately dying of tuberculosis in Berkeley in 1916. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
Working from her husband's stories and from historical material in the archives of the Bancroft library, Theodora reconstructs the years which marked the beginning of the end for the Yahi, including reports of the Kingsley. From Wordnik.com. [Theodora Kroeber] Reference
So a novel like Ishi's Journey by James Freeman, beautifully and keenly written based on the facts of this Yahi man's life, but writing from within the man and his inner experience, allows us to live and feel as he did, as much as possible. From Wordnik.com. [My review ...] Reference
Yahi says he is busy packing cocoa, timber and other goods onto waiting ships. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
Other nationally released documentary films produced and directed by Jed Riffe include "Ishi, the Last Yahi.". From Wordnik.com. [The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum] Reference
My sense is that Yahi is planning on dropping KDE4, switch to GNOME only, and focus on a corporate server OS. From Wordnik.com. [PCLinuxOS-Forums] Reference
Yahi-milki, his son, the glory of the country, of unsurpassed renown, at once he sent forward, to make obeisance to me. From Wordnik.com. [History of Phoenicia] Reference
I guess I won't be waiting for Mandriva to fade away from the Linux desktop as Yahi pursues the corporate server market. From Wordnik.com. [PCLinuxOS-Forums] Reference
"Ishi, the Last Yahi" was released theatrically and acquired for national broadcast by the PBS series The American Experience. From Wordnik.com. [The Ukiah Daily Journal Forum] Reference
The program will be a video titled "The Last Yahi," a biography of the last free Native American in North America living in the wilderness. From Wordnik.com. [Glenwood Springs Post Independent - Top Stories] Reference
Most of Ishi's family had been massacred during the Gold Rush in California in 1865, and he and the remaining members of the Yahi went into hiding. From Wordnik.com. [APM: Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac RSS Feed] Reference
From the lovable Jaan Meri Jaa Rahi Sanam, to the endearing Sun Zara, to the spectacular Shayad Yahi To Pyar Hai (easily the best song from the album), the attractive Chori Chori and the very youthful Lucky Lips, Lucky is a soundtrack that will appeal to everyone from every ages. From Wordnik.com. Reference
A recent edition I found to be of particular interest was that of Ishi, last of the Yahi tribe, whose brain was removed after he had died of tuberculosis, by those whi had known him in life, and completely against his expressed wishes and beliefs, back in 1916 - a sobering tale, told by Orin Starn - here's part of the transcript. From Wordnik.com. [remote central] Reference
Yahi kahoge tum sadaa, ke dil abhi bhara nahin. From Wordnik.com. [Hindi Lyrics] Reference
Yahi kahoge tum sadaa, ke dil abhee bharaa nahin. From Wordnik.com. [Hindi Lyrics] Reference
Yahi as Chairman - CEO. From Wordnik.com. [tuxmachines.org - Do you waddle the waddle?] Reference
(Yahi masheeat, Yahi raza hai. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Kelly] Reference
Wintun, Yahi, Yana, Yokuts, and Yuit: all mean. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIX No 2] Reference
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