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Bear Grease

Ep. 374: Ishi - Brothers of the Bow

Bear Grease

MeatEater

Wilderness, Sports

4.87.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Bear Grease Podcast, host Clay Newcomb continues the story of Ishi, known as “The Last Stone Age Man,” following his relocation from the small town of Oroville, California, where he emerged in 1911 to the museum in Berkeley, California. During this period, Ishi forms a remarkable friendship with Saxton Pope — the namesake of the Pope and Young Club. Archery historian Gene Hopkins joins Clay to explore Ishi’s transition and adaptation to modern society, as well as the circumstances surrounding his tragic death.

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The story of Ishi, the last Yahi Indians showing up in Oroville, California in 1911, has got to be one of America's most fascinating stories.

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This episode is more redemptive in some ways than the first, but ultimately the scales tip toward it being even more tragic. These events took place between September

1:36.0

4th, 1911 and March 25th, 1916 when Ishi died. But it wouldn't be into the 1990s when Ishi's remains were put back into the dirt of his homeland that this story really ends.

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