Carlos Montezuma was a Apache doctor who once worked as the Carlisle School physician and who traveled with the 1899 football team. Carlos would have a relationship with the famous Sioux writer Gertrude Simmons. But because of distance of being apart and difference of opinion on certain matters would break it off. Carlos was also an early supporter and organizer for the Society of American Indians. He had also a strong supporter of General Pratt, the first superintendent of the Carlisle Indian School. Had a long career of criticizing the Bureau of Indian Affairs, specifically that of the reservation system.
Apache
Indian Name: Wassaja
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