Native American AuthorsClifford E. Trafzer , 1949-Wyandot
Clifford W. Trafzer was born in Mansfield, Ohio but raised in Arizona. Trafzer earned his B.A. and M.A.from Northern Arizona University in 1970 and 1971, respectively. He received his Ph.D. in History from Oklahoma University in 1973. His teaching career includes instructor, Navajo Community College, Tsaile, AZ; assistant and associate professor at Washington State University, Pullman; associate professor , professor, and chair, Department of American Indian Studies, San Diego State University; and professor and Chair of Ethnic Studies & Director of Native American Studies, University of California, Riverside. He has served as the Vice Chairman of the California Native American Heritage Commission, an agency that protects sacred sites and American Indian burial grounds. Currently he lives in Yucaipa, California. His professional affiliations include: Archivist of Special Collections, Northern Arizona University Library; and museum curator, the Arizona Historical Society. He is also a member of the American Historical Association, American Indian Historian's Association, and California Indian Education Association.
Awards and HonorsOklahoma Heritage Assoc. Doctoral ScholarshipEagle Feather Award for teaching, 1982, 1986 Penn Oakland Award, 1994 Wordcraft Circle Writer of the Year (Anthology/Collection) Award, 1997
Online resources by or about Clifford E. Trafzer:Clifford TrafzerAuthor: University of California Riverside Type: authorbio Description: Faculty biography. URL: http://history.ucr.edu/faculty/trafzer.html Books by Clifford E. Trafzer:Red Hawk, Richard; Trafzer, Clifford E.. A, B, C's : the American Indian waySacramento, Calif. : Sierra Oaks Pub. Co., 1988. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Youth ISBN: 0940113155 (pbk.) Trafzer, Clifford E.. American Indian Identity : Today's Changing Perspectives Sacramento : Sierra Oaks Publishing Company, 1989. Genre: Essays Audience: Adult ISBN: 0940113198 Trafzer, Clifford E.. American Indian Prophets : Religious Leaders and Revitalization Movements Sacramento : Sierra Oaks Publishing Company, 1986. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Youth Trafzer, Clifford E.. American Indians as Cowboys Newcastle, CA : Sierra Oaks Publishing Company, 1992. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult Trafzer, Clifford E.. Anglo Expansionists and Navajo Raiders : A Conflict of Interest Tsaile, AZ : Navajo Community College Press, 1978. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult Trafzer, Clifford E.. Anza, Garces, and the Yuma Frontier : During the Era of the American Revolution Yuma, AZ : Yuma County Historical Society, 1976. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult Trafzer, Clifford E.. As long as the grass shall grow and rivers flow : a history of Native Americans Fort Worth : Harcourt College Publishers, 2000. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult ISBN: 0155038575 Trafzer, Clifford E.. Blue Dawn, Red Earth : New Native American Storytellers New York : Anchor Books, 1996. Genre: Short Stories Audience: Adult Trafzer, Clifford E.. California's Indians and the Gold Rush Sacramento : Sierra Oaks Publishers, 1989. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Youth Trafzer, Clifford E.. Chief Joseph's Allies Newcastle, CA : Sierra Oaks Publishing Company, 1992. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult ISBN: 0940113244 Trafzer, Clifford E.. The Chinook New York : Chelsea House Publishers, 1990. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult Smith-Trafzer, Lee Ann; Trafzer, Clifford E.. Creation of a California Tribe : Grandfather's Maidu Indian Tales Sacramento : Sierra Oaks Publishing Company, 1988. Genre: Folklore Audience: All Ages ISBN: 094011318x Trafzer, Clifford E.. Death Stalks the Yakama : Epidemiological Transitions and Mortality on the Yakama Indian Reservation, 1888-1964 East Lansing : Michigan State University, 1997. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult Trafzer, Clifford E.. Earth Song, Sky Spirit : Short Stories of the Contemporary Native American Experience New York : Anchor Books, 1993. Genre: Short Stories Audience: Adult Trafzer, Clifford E.. Exterminate them : written accounts of the murder, rape, and slavery of Native Americans during the California gold rush, 1848-1868 East Lansing : Michigan State University, 1999. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult ISBN: 0870135015 Red Hawk, Richard; Trafzer, Clifford E.. Grandfather's origin story : the Navajo Indian beginning Sacramento, Calif. : Sierra Oaks Pub. Co., 1988. Genre: Folklore Audience: All Ages ISBN: 0940113074 Red Hawk, Richard; Trafzer, Clifford E.. Grandfather's story of Navajo monsters Sacramento : Sierra Oaks Pub. Co.,, 1988. Genre: Folklore Audience: Youth ISBN: 0940113112 Trafzer, Clifford E.. Grandmother, Grandfather, and Old Wolf : tamanwit ku szkat and traditional Native American narratives from the Columbia Plateau East Lansing : Michigan State University, 1998. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult ISBN: 0870134450 Red Hawk, Richard; Trafzer, Clifford E.. Grandmother's Christmas story : a true Quechan story Sacramento, Calif. : Sierra Oaks Pub. Co., 1987. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Youth ISBN: 0940113082 (pbk.) Red Hawk, Richard; Trafzer, Clifford E.. A trip to a Pow Wow Sacramento, Calif. : Sierra Oaks Pub. Co., 1988. Genre: Fiction Audience: Youth ISBN: 0940113147 (pbk.) Return to Native American Authors Home |