The Washakie letters of Willie Ottogary, northwestern Shoshone journalist and leader, 1906-1929 / / edited by Matthew E. Kreitzer ; foreword by Barre Toelken.

• Author: Ottogary, Willie.
• TeilnehmendeR: Kreitzer, Matthew E., 1957-; Toelken, Barry.
• Year of Publication: 2000
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (331 pages) :; illustrations

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 Washakie colony in northern Utah descended from survivors of the Bear River Massacre. Most had converted to the Mormon Church and remained in northern Utah rather than moving to a federal Indian reservation. For over twenty years, local newspapers in Utah and southern Idaho regularly published letters from Ottoga

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.