The Legacy of Introduced Disease

The Southern Coast Salish

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ID2936282
AutoresGeorge M Guilmet, R Boyd (0000-0003-2657-8022), Robert T Boyd, David L Whited, Nile Thompson
Año1991
Volumen15
Número4
Páginas1-32
Fecha de publicación1991-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Indian Culture and Research Journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0161-6463 • E-ISSN: 0161-6463
EditorialUCLA American Indian Studies Center (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.17953/aicr.15.4.133g8x7135072136
OpenAlexW2299817892
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9

The purpose of this paper is to develop more fully for the Southern Coast Salish the recently published chronology that describes and analyzes the effects of European-introduced diseases and illnesses on the aboriginal populations of the Northwest Coast. A brief description of aboriginal population estimates and social structure is followed by a discussion of the nature of indigenous diseases and illnesses; last we present an analysis of the impact of introduced sicknesses on population, social structure, ceremonialism, and other aspects of traditional Southern Coast Salish culture.\nThe impetus for this research stems from two sources. First, after the completion of an ethnographic study of the contemporary health care system and the lay health care-seeking strategies of the Puyallup tribal community in Tacoma, Washington, we were interested in assessing the impact of introduced diseases, illnesses, and Western medicine on the tribal societies of the area. We were searching for answers to the following questions: Under what set of situations did the contemporary health care beliefs and practices of the Indian people arise from the aboriginal context? Why did these changes occur

Geography · American Environmental and Regional History · History

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