Wassaja, also called Carlos Montezuma, was a member of the Yavapai tribe, a physician, and an advocate for Native rights. His name means “signaling” or “beckoning.” After being captured as a young child in 1871, he was sold to Italian photographer Carlo Gentile, who renamed him Carlos Montezuma. Wassaja later became the second Native person in the United States to receive a medical degree.
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