Death stalks the Yakama : epidemiological transitions and mortality on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1888-1964 / Clifford E. Trafzer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trafzer, Clifford E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yakama Indians--Mortality--Statistics.

Yakama Indians.

Yakama children--Mortality--Statistics.

Yakama children.

Yakama children--Diseases--Statistics.

Yakama children--Nutrition--Statistics.

Epidemics--Washington (State)--Yakama Indian Reservation--Statistics.

Epidemics.

Yakama Indian Reservation (Wash.)--Statistics, Medical.

Yakama Indian Reservation (Wash.).

Yakama Indian Reservation (Wash.)--Statistics, Vital.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

East Lansing : Michigan State University Press, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 parturition and death records from 1888-1964. In these documents, he discovers critical evidence to demonstrate how and why many

Contents:

pt. 1. Introduction

pt. 2. The Yakama

pt. 3. Yakama death certificates : theoretical and methodological orientations

pt. 4. Comparison of Yakama death rates with other populations

pt. 5. Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87013-960-6

0-585-18822-X

OCLC:

44958428