Forgotten Voices: Death Records of the Yakama, 1888-1964

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Forgotten Voices: Death Records of the Yakama, 1888-1964

Despite a recent resurgence in studies of death and disease in native peoples of the Western Hemisphere, little work has been done on death and disease in Native Americans during the reservation period of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Forgotten Voices: Death Records of the Yakama, 1888-1964 begins a discussion of the health of the people on the Yakama Reservation in Washington using statistical data. This is the first detailed work that focuses on the causes of death on American Indian reservations. It contains an extensive introduction to Yakama history and lifestyle, and tables that present statistical information on the major causes of death. Each chapter highlights a different cause of death on the Yakama Reservation, including Tuberculosis, Pneumonia, Heart Disease, Gastrointestinal Problems, Influenza, Cancer, Birth Complications, Old Age, and Stroke. Forgotten Voices is an invaluable resource for students and scholars that encourages further research in the field of Native American history.

Author: Clifford E. Trafzer

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Category: Non-Fiction

Forgotten Voices: Death Records of the Yakama, 1888-1964

Dr. Trafzer is the Costo Professor of American Indian Affairs at the University of California Riverside. Raised in Arizona, Clifford Trafzer was born to parents of Wyandot Indian and German-English blood. He earned a B.A. and M.A. in history at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, where he also worked as an archivist for Special Collections. He earned a Ph.D. in American History in 1973 with a specialty in American Indian History and the same year became a museum curator for the Arizona Historical Society. Before joining the faculty of the University of California, Riverside in 1991, Trafzer taught at Navajo Community College, Washington State University and San Diego State University.

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