EPISODE · Aug 4, 2022 · 29 MIN
Orin Starn – “Who was Ishi?”
from Radio Curious · host Ignacio Ayala
Click here to begin listening. Ishi’s Brain: In Search of the Last ‘Wild’ Indian In 1911, Ishi, the last Stone Age Indian, walked into the community of Oroville, CA, opening an anthropologic window into the lives of native Californians. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit with Orin Starn, an anthropologist at Duke University in […]
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Click here to begin listening. Ishi’s Brain: In Search of the Last ‘Wild’ Indian In 1911, Ishi, the last Stone Age Indian, walked into the community of Oroville, CA, opening an anthropologic window into the lives of native Californians. In this edition of Radio Curious, we visit with Orin Starn, an anthropologist at Duke University in North Carolina and the author of “Ishi’s Brain: In Search of the Last ‘Wild’ Indian.” Orin Starn recommends “When the Spirit Catches You, You Fall Down,” by Ann Fadiman. Originally Broadcast: March 9, 2004
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