Albert B. Reagan
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Albert B. Reagan | |
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 Albert B. Reagan, computer drawing taken from Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters Proceedings 16 (1939), published on US Geological Survey website. | |
| Born | 1871 |
| Died | 1936 |
| Occupation | Anthropologist, Professor, Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Genre | History, Anthropology |
| Subject | Native American peoples and customs |
Professor Albert B. Reagan (1871–1936) was an American author and historian of Native American history. He was professor of anthropology at Brigham Young University and documented Native American customs and folklore in New Mexico, Arizona, Minnesota, Colorado, Washington, and Utah, for tribes that include the Jemez people, Navajo people, Ojibwe people, Quileute people, and Ute people.
His extensive notes and research are kept in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections at Brigham Young University.
Career
[edit]Reagan published a book, Don Diego, through the Alice Harriman Company in New York in 1914.
He wrote two articles about the influenza epidemic of 1918, which are among the most widely cited primary sources about the impact of the epidemic among the Navajo.[1] He had arrived in Navajo country in October 1918, after being appointed the Indian Service school administrator at Marsh Pass near Kayenta, Arizona.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brady, Benjamin R.; Bahr, Howard M. (2014). "The Influenza Epidemic of 1918–1920 among the Navajos: Marginality, Mortality, and the Implications of Some Neglected Eyewitness Accounts". American Indian Quarterly. 38 (4): 459–491. doi:10.5250/amerindiquar.38.4.0459 – via JSTOR.
External links
[edit]- The Apache Stick Game at Wikisource
- Reagan's papers at Brigham Young University
- Online text, Don Diego
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