My Heart Is Bound Up with Them

David Martinez

My Heart Is Bound Up with Them
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Country
United States
Published
21 February 2023
Pages
248
ISBN
9780816548163

My Heart Is Bound Up with Them

David Martinez

Carlos Montezuma is well known as an influential Indigenous figure of the turn of the twentieth century. While some believe he was largely interested only in enabling Indians to assimilate into mainstream white society, Montezuma's image as a staunch assimilationist changes dramatically when viewed through the lens of his Yavapai relatives at Fort McDowell in Arizona.

Through his diligent research and transcription of the letters archived in the Carlos Montezuma Collection at Arizona State University Libraries, David MartInez offers a critical new perspective on Montezuma's biography and legacy. During an attempt to force the Fort McDowell Yavapai community off of their traditional homelands north of Phoenix, the Yavapai community members and leaders wrote to Montezuma pleading for help. It was these letters and personal correspondence from his Yavapai cousins George and Charles Dickens, as well as Mike Burns that sparked Montezuma's desperate but principled desire to liberate his Yavapai family and community-and all Indigenous people-from the clutches of an oppressive Indian Bureau.

Centering historically neglected Indigenous voices as his primary source material, MartInez elevates Montezuma's correspondence and interactions with his family and their community and shows how it influenced his advocacy. MartInez argues that Montezuma's work in Arizona directly contributed to his national projects. For his Yavapai community, Montezuma set an example as a resistance fighter and advocate on behalf of his people and other Indigenous groups. MartInez offers a critical exploration of history, memory, the formation of archival collections, and the art of writing biography.

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