The two men formed a close personal bond over a five-year working relationship during which Kroeber’s wife, Henrietta, died of TB. When Ishi learned his new name, he stopped using the word in respect to the Yahi custom of not speaking your name to another. Thought to be the last living member of his tribe, this derelict survivor aroused a keen interest in Kroeber, who named him “ Ishi,” meaning “man” in the Yana language. His writings were broad, but he is popularly known for the work he did with a Yahi Indian who was found starving and homeless near Oroville in 1911. Kroeber took an early interest in Native American tribal culture.
He also directed the University’s Anthropology Museum and, with backing from Phoebe Hearst, helped build its impressive collection of artifacts. Kroeber, who founded the anthropology department of the University, where he taught from 1901 to 1946. Berkeley’s Kroeber Hall is named after cultural anthropologist A.
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