1866 January 31 1923 was a Yavapai-Apache Native American activist and founding member of the Society of American Indians. On November 17 his Catholic Italian rescuer had the boy christened with the name Carlos Montezuma Carlos after Gentiles first name capped with the Spanish s. Wassaja Carlos Montezuma circa 1905-1910 Gentile and Montezuma continued a transient lifestyle over the following few years spending short periods in New York. 1 Gentile gave Wassaja the name Carlos Montezuma After Gentiles quest for gold proved fruitless the pair spent time in several locations before settling in Chicago. On the evening of October 5 2023 I had the honor of telling members of Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation what I had written about their revered ancestor Wassaja also known as Carlos..
1866 January 31 1923 was a Yavapai-Apache Native American activist and founding member of the Society of American Indians. On November 17 his Catholic Italian rescuer had the boy christened with the name Carlos Montezuma Carlos after Gentiles first name capped with the Spanish s. Wassaja Carlos Montezuma circa 1905-1910 Gentile and Montezuma continued a transient lifestyle over the following few years spending short periods in New York. 1 Gentile gave Wassaja the name Carlos Montezuma After Gentiles quest for gold proved fruitless the pair spent time in several locations before settling in Chicago. On the evening of October 5 2023 I had the honor of telling members of Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation what I had written about their revered ancestor Wassaja also known as Carlos..
1866 January 31 1923 was a Yavapai - Apache Native American activist and founding member of the Society of American Indians. Carlos Montezuma was one of the most influential Indians of his day and a prominent leader among the Red Progressives of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A Doctor at 23 In 1889 having worked his way through school he both earned his doctorate and obtained a license to practice medicinequite a feat for any 23-year-old let alone a. Montezuma a physician was a progressive In 1887 he began corresponding with Richard Henry Pratt a staunch assimilationist and founder of Carlisle Indian Industrial School. One such radical thinker was Carlos Montezuma Yavapai Apache who used his position in the SAI to call out Native federal employees as disloyal to their race Cahill 2013 80 because The..
1866 January 31 1923 was a Yavapai-Apache Native American activist and founding member of the Society of American Indians. 1865-1923 was a Yavapai Mohave-Apache university-educated medical doctor and political leader who bridged both cultures. On November 17 his Catholic Italian rescuer had the boy christened with the name Carlos Montezuma Carlos after Gentiles first name capped with the Spanish s. Political activist writer physician and the first Native American graduate of the University of Illinois his legacy is far-reaching Wassaja a term that could be translated to beckoning. Carlos Montezuma is well known as an influential Indigenous figure of the turn of the twentieth century While some believe he was largely interested only in enabling Indians to assimilate into..
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