Yarrow, H. C. (Harry Crécy)

About the author

Dr. Harry Crécy Yarrow, a U.S. Army surgeon and ethnologist, pioneered studies of Native American mortuary rites. Works like A Further Contribution to the Study of the Mortuary Customs combined meticulous fieldwork with comparative analysis, challenging stereotypes about indigenous spirituality. His methodologies influenced early anthropology, though modern scholars critique his colonial lens. Yarrow's archives remain key to reconstructing pre-reservation cultural practices.