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Clifford E. Trafzer

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.

Selected Work

American Indians⁄American Presidents:
A History

As Long as the Grass Shall Grow and Rivers Flow:
A History of Native Americans

Boarding School Blues:
Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences

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

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

Indian War in the Pacific Northwest:
The Journal of Lieutenant Lawrence Kip

Medicine Ways:
Disease, Health, and Survival among Native Americans

Native Americans of Riverside County

Native Universe:
Voices of Indian America by Native American Tribal Leaders, Writers, Scholars, and Storytellers

No Place for a Puritan:
The Literature of California’s Deserts

Renegade Tribe:
The Palouse Indians and the Invasion of the Inland Pacific Northwest