Death Stalks the Yakama: Epidemiological Transitions and Mortality on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1888-1964

by Clifford E. Trafzer

Clifford Trafzer's disturbing new work, Death Stalks the Yakama , examines life, death, and the shockingly high mortality rates that have persisted among the fourteen tribes and bands living on the Yakama Reservation in the state of Washington. The work contains a valuable discussion of Indian beliefs about spirits, traditional causes of death, mourning ceremonies, and memorials. More significant, however, is Trafzer's research into heretofore unused...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870134639
• ISBN13: 9780870134630
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Michigan State University Press
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

very enlightening

An important book that exposes the murderous and hateful agenda of white male settlers in the U. S., who still apparently can't be bothered with providing basic medical help to the people they have oppressed for centuries.