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ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Cornchief, Joe (Correspondent)
Created1920-06-15
Description

Various leaders ask Montezuma about the political status of the reservation and entreat him to protect their land and water rights.

ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Skiuhushu, Red Fox (Correspondent)
Created1920-03-26
Description

Letter to Montezuma from the Reverend Red Fox Skiuhushu, on letterhead of his association, the American Indian Tepee Christian Mission, an "interdenominational home for Indian children while they attend public school", in White Swan, Washington. He describes his health, his subscription to Wassaja, and his opposition to the Indian Bureau.

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ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Dickens, Charles (Correspondent)
Created1920-02-17
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Charles Dickens sends Montezuma news about the progress of farming at the McDowell Reservation, mentioning grain planting, the cleaning of irrigation ditches, and the family's health.

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ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Russell, Joshua (Correspondent)
Created1919-06-03
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Letter to Montezuma from his friend Joshua Russell describing the farming conditions at Santan, Arizona, including irrigation water, crops of wheat, hay, corn and watermelon, and lack of fencing wire for allotted land.

ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Burns, Michael (Correspondent) / Dickens, Geoffrey (Correspondent) / Ory, Frank (Correspondent) / Dickens, Charles (Correspondent) / Suramma, Tom (Correspondent) / Suiber, Al (Correspondent) / Mott, Harry (Correspondent) / Bennett, Joe (Correspondent) / Dickens, Richard (Correspondent) / Blake, John (Correspondent)
Created1915-01-22
Description

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.

ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Hauke, C.F. (Correspondent)
Created1911-03-11
Description

Replying to Montezuma's earlier January letter of the same year, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs C.F. Hauke tells Montezuma that it is in the best interests of the Fort McDowell Indians to move to the Salt River Reservation.

ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Dickens, Charles (Correspondent)
Created1911-02-09
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Letter to Montezuma from his cousin Charles Dickens: Dickens complains of the nosiness of a Mr. Coe (presumably the Indian agent?) and the misplacement of an earlier letter.

ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Ballinger, R.A. (Correspondent)
Created1911-01-30
Description

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."

ContributorsEastman, Charles Alexander (Expert) / Cloud, Henry Roe (Expert) / Montezuma, Carlos (Contributor)
Created1911-10-12
Description

Program from a Society of American Indians Conference.

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ContributorsMontezuma, Carlos (Correspondent) / Burns, Michael (Correspondent)
Created1903-08-06
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Burns explains that he has misplaced a prior letter from Montezuma asking if the two of them could go on a trip through Arizona again. Burns says yes but is doubtful if the letter will reach Montezuma, and informs Montezuma he has left Camp Verde to live in Mayer, Yavapai

Burns explains that he has misplaced a prior letter from Montezuma asking if the two of them could go on a trip through Arizona again. Burns says yes but is doubtful if the letter will reach Montezuma, and informs Montezuma he has left Camp Verde to live in Mayer, Yavapai County, Arizona.