Carlos Montezuma and the Changing World of American Indians

by Peter Iverson

Book Overview

Carlos Montezuma (1866-1923) was one of the great Native American crusaders for Indian rights in the early twentieth century. This biography by an authority on Southwest Indian history tells a dramatic story that sheds light both on Montezuma's career and on the movements he influenced. A southern Arizona Yavapai called Wassaja by his parents, Montezuma was captured by rival tribesman as a boy and sold to a white man who gave him the name by which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826306411
• ISBN13: 9780826306418
• Release Date: November 1982
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"