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The Washakie letters of Willie Ottogary, northwestern Shoshone journalist and leader, 1906-1929 /

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"Writings by American Indians from the early twentieth century or earlier are rare. Willie Ottogary's letters have the distinction of being firsthand reports of an Indian community's ongoing social life by a community member and leader. The Northwestern Shoshone residing at the Washak...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ottogary, Willie
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Kreitzer, Matthew E., 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, [2000]
Subjects:
Ottogary, Willie > Correspondence.
Shoshoni Indians > Utah > Washakie Indian Reservation > Biography.
Indian journalists > Utah > Washakie Indian Reservation > Biography.
Shoshoni Indians > Utah > Washakie Indian Reservation > Social conditions.
Washakie Indian Reservation (Utah) > History.
History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
HISTORY > State & Local > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • I will write a few line, 1906-1910
  • Willie Ottogary breaks silence, 1911-1913
  • I am going tell some news, 1914-1920
  • I will start on my stories, 1921-1922
  • We expect get some land from our big white pop in future time, 1923- 1924
  • You people may read my writing long as I work, 1925-1926
  • Our people haven't got any land for their own, 1927-1929
  • Conclusion
  • Appendixes
  • Shoshone treaties, 1863
  • "Local Brevities" : A White communitiy's social column
  • The travels of Willie Ottogary
  • Exhibit of acreage and produce
  • "Willie Ottogary goes east again
  • Awards and prizes presented at the Utah State Fair, 1915
  • Washakie Ward leadership positions
  • Newspaper accounts of two of the Ottogary's early boxing matches.