1866 - 1923
Carlos Montezuma American Doctor
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| First Name |
Carlos
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| Last Name |
Montezuma
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1865
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| Birthplace |
Four Peaks, Arizona Territory
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| Died |
1923
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Doctor, Activist
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| Occupation |
Doctor
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Carlos Montezuma or Wassaja (c. 1866 – January 31, 1923) was a Yavapai-Apache Native American, activist and a founding member of the Society of American Indians. His birth name Wassaja, means "Signaling" or "Beckoning" in his native tongue. Wassaja was kidnapped by Pima raiders along with other children to be sold or bartered. Wassaja was then purchased by an Italian photographer Carlo Gentile in Adamsville, for thirty silver dollars. Gentile renamed him "Carlos Montezuma". Montezuma was the first Native American student at the University of Illinois and Northwestern University, and only the second Native American ever to earn a medical degree in an American University after Susan La Flesche Picotte. Wassaja was the first Native American male to receive a medical degree. Until his death Wassaja fought to support the rights of his Yavapai people and other Native Americans.
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