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Erik Bähre on Dutch radio about the last wild Indian

An extraordinary encounter took place in 1911. American scientists discovered the last 'wild' Indian, from the Yahi tribe, who had lived in total isolation for years. As he had no name, they called him Ishi. But who was this man, and what did this discovery mean to us? Cultural anthropologist Erik Bähre explains what it means in the Dutch radio programme De Nacht van... ('The Night of...').

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