Carlos Montezuma collection, 1887-1980 (bulk 1887-1922).

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Carlos Montezuma collection, 1887-1980 (bulk 1887-1922).

Composed of correspondence, speeches, printed material and financial records documenting the life of an urban physician and Indian rights activist. Although the collection extends from 1887-1980, the bulk of the collection concerns Montezuma's activism from 1887-1922.

5 ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7282713

Arizona State University Libraries

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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. H...