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Title: Ishi's Tale of Lizard Collection Type: Directories and Documents Collection Name: Tanis Thorne Native Californian & Nisenan Collection # of Pages: 23 Download PDF: User Login Required Download OCR Text: User Login Required

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Ishi’s Tale of Lizard Translated by Leanne Hinton Illustrations by Susan L. Roth The classic Yahi tale available again ISHI’S “TALE OF LIZARDCHILDREN’S/ NATIVE AMERICAN 1-890771-32-5 TRADE PAPER $5.95 & PUBLICATION DATE: JANUARY & An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists In 1911, a starving Indian emerged from the foothills of California, after having lived in hiding for over 40 years. In keeping with the traditions of his tribe, he never revealed his true name and became known simply as Ishi, “person” in the Yahi language. He would become the most celebrated and written about of all California Indians, a symbol for the depth and beauty of California Indian culture, an icon of the tragedy that befell native people throughout the state. Many books have been written about Ishi, but in Ishi’s Tale of Lizard, we finally hear his own voice. Originally narrated in Yahi, and now interpreted and introduced by noted linguist Leanne Hinton, this story tells of Lizard, the arrowmaker, and his adventures. Within the story, we catch loving, detailed accounts of daily life as the Yahi once lived it. Accompanied by Susan L. Roth’s sensitive collage interpretation, this award-winning book allows us to glimpse the world of Ishi and to delight in an authentic, unusual, hauntingly effective storytelling tradition. “The overall effect of this eulogy for a vanished way of life is hypnotic...a wonderfully imagined and moving book.” —The New York Times Book Review “Grab[s] children’s interest while maintaining a feeling of authenticity...offers a new perspective on Native American life while providing delight to all.”—Skipping Stones “This elegantly packaged book contains many praiseworthy elements.” —Publisher’s Weekly LEANNE HinTON is Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley and is director of Berkeley’s Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. Susan L. Rotu has written and illustrated many books for children, including Gypsy Bird Song. She lives in New York. 32 PAGES (9 X 11), WITH FULL-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BY FARRAR, STRAUS, GIROUX 10 NEW RELEASE www.heydaybooks.com a © 2003 by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska All rights reserved Chapter 19, “Mister Ishi: Analogies of Exile, Deliverance, and Liberty,” © 2003 by Gerald Vizenor. Chapter 20, “Native Sovereignty and the Tricky Mirror: Gerald Vizenor’s ‘Ishi and the Wood Ducks,” © 2003 by Louis Owens. Chapter 21, “The Healer: Maidu Artist Frank Day's Vision of Ishi,” © 2003 by Rebecca Dobkins. Chapter 22, “What Wild Indian?” © 2003 by Frank Tuttle. Acknowledgments for the use of previously published material appear on pages 88 (Brandes), 193 (Shackley), and 300 (Luthin and Hinton). Manufactured in the United States of America ES Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ishi in three centuries / edited by Karl Kroeber and Clifton Kroeber. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8032-2757-4 (cl: alk. paper) 1. Ishi, d. 1916. 2. Yana Indians—Social life and customs. 3. Indians in popular culture— United States. 4. Kroeber, A. L. (Alfred Louis), 1876-1960—Relations with Yana Indians. 5. Human remains (Archaeology )—Moral and ethical aspects— United States. 6. Museum exhibits—moral and ethical aspects—United States. 7, Cultural property—Repatriation— United States. I. Kroeber, Karl, 1926II. Kroeber, Clifton B. E99.Y 23 .1784 2003 979-4004'9757—de2 2002035653 Frontispiece: Ishi during a trip to San Jose. Reproduced from the San Jose Daily Mercury, November ny, 1911. Photos of Ishi on the part-opening pages are courtesy of Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Regents of the University of California.