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What Happened to the Remains of Ishi, the Yahi Indian

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What happened to the remains of Ishi, the Yahi Indian who lived at the University of California's museum in San Francisco and demonstrated traditional arrow-making and fire-starting for museum visitors?


A) His body was autopsied by the university's medical center after his death in spite of his wishes that no autopsy be performed.
B) His brain was sent to the Smithsonian Institution so that it could be put "to scientific use," where it sat for nearly 85 years.
C) His remains were returned to California's Pit River tribe in 2000, and buried in a secret location.
D) All of the answers are correct.

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