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Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to Miss Chloe Harshberger, Syracuse, New York. Envelope is thought to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.
Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to the Honorable Thomas H. Calhoun, Boston, MA. Envelope is thought to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.
Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to the Honorable Samuel H. Bruison, Washington D.C. Envelope is thought to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.
Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to Hon. Edwin A. Olson, Chicago IL. Envelope is thought to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.
Envelope addressed by Dr. Carlos Montezuma to Colonel Edward H.R. Green, Round Hills, MA. Envelope is thought to have held volume 8, issue #19 of the Wassaja Newsletter.
Montezuma writes to Sloan about the impact of American politics on Indians and his firm belief that Indians are increasing as a people and will someday have their own Presidential candidate: also mentions printing problems in the latest Wassaja issue.
Mike Burns and the leaders of the McDowell community entreat Montezuma to help them stay on their land and help them go to Washington D.C. to request a dam for the irrigation of their land. They also ask him for advice about allotment.
In the letter, Montezuma defends the water rights of the Fort McDowell community and the construction of a proposed dam, and states emphatically that "it is not their wish to move."
Bill from Hawthorne Press, 115-117 E. South Water St., Fourth Floor, Chicago, to Dr. Carlos Montezuma for the printing of 2000 issues of "4 page Wassaja, printed in black ink." Additional note reads, "Doctor you had enough paper for one issue of 3000 by editing your November issue to 2000 copies: had stock enough for 1000 copies left so had use my work paper for the additional 1000 to make Dec. 2000."