Montezuma, Carlos, 1866-1923
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Physican, Yavapai advocate for Native Americans. Born in Arizona Territory; educated at Chicago Medical College; served in U. S. Indian Service; practiced medicine in Chicago; helped organize Society of American Indians, a national lobbying group; and published "Wassaja."
Born as Wassaja, a Yavapai Indian, around 1866, Carlos Carlos Montezuma, physician and Indian Rights activist, was born near the Four Peaks in the Superstition Mountains of Central Arizona in approximately 1866. He was the son of the Yavapai Indians Co-cu-ye-vah and Thil-ge-ya. In 1871, Montezuma was captured by Pima Indians and sold to Carlos Gentile, who gave him his Anglo name. Gentile brought Montezuma to Washington, D.C., and then to Chicago, where he attended public schools. Before committing suicide, Gentile turned Montezuma over to Reverend G. W. Ingalls of the American Baptist Home Mission Society.
Montezuma completed his high school education at Urbana High School in Illinois and went on to graduate Magna Cum Laude from the University of Illinois. He entered the Chicago Medical School of Northwestern University and eventually established a private medical practice in Chicago. Montezuma became a leading spokesman for Indian Rights, founding a journal entitled Wassaja to address these issues. In his later years, he became ill with diabetes and tuberculosis and returned to the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation. He died on the reservation on January 31, 1923.
From the guide to the Carlos Montezuma Collection, 1887-1980, 1887-1922, (Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection)
Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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referencedIn | Arlyss and Paula Cleveland Collection | University of Oklahoma, Bizzell Memorial Library | |
referencedIn | Arnold, Oren. Papers, 1951-1970. | Arizona State University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Carlos Montezuma Collection, 1887-1980, 1887-1922 | Arizona State University Libraries Arizona Collection | |
creatorOf | Carlos Montezuma papers | Newberry Library | |
creatorOf | Carlos Montezuma papers, 1890-1922 | University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections | |
creatorOf | Carlos Montezuma Papers, 1892-1937 | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives | |
creatorOf | Carlos Montezuma papers, 1899-1922. | University of Arizona Libraries | |
referencedIn | Iverson, Peter. Peter Iverson collection, 1898-2002. | Arizona State University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Jones, Wesley Livsey, 1863-1932. Wesley L. Jones papers 1896-1932 (bulk 1908-1932). | University of Washington. Libraries | |
creatorOf | Montezuma, Carlos, 1866-1923. Carlos Montezuma collection, 1887-1980 (bulk 1887-1922). | Arizona State University Libraries |
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associatedWith | American Association on Indian Affairs. |
correspondedWith | American Indian Association |
associatedWith | American Indian Association. |
associatedWith | American Indian Defense Association |
associatedWith | Arnold, Oren. |
associatedWith | Atwood, Stella M. |
associatedWith | Bonnin, Raymond, 1880-1942 |
associatedWith | Cayou, Francis M. |
associatedWith | Cloud, Henry Roe. |
associatedWith | Collier, John, 1884-1968 |
Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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Lawton (Okla.) | |||
Lake Traverse Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.) | |||
Sedan (Okla.) | |||
Standing Rock Indian Reservation (N.D. and S.D.) | |||
Concho (Okla.) | |||
United States | |||
Fort McDowell Indian Reservation (Ariz.) | |||
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (S.D.) | |||
United States | |||
Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation (Utah) |
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