Jason Betzinez
At a glance:
- Series: Magill's Choice: American Indian Biographies, Revised Edition
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Civil Rights, Minority Rights
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American Indian History
Article abstract: Significance: A tireless advocate for the rights and welfare of his Apache people, Jason Betzinez promoted their interests with government officials.
Jason Betzinez's extended family lived in the region that became the Warm Springs Reservation in New Mexico, he himself was born in Monticello, Mexico, while his mother and father were visiting friends in that community. Two years later, his sister Ellen was also born in Monticello during a family visit there. Betzinez's father, Tudeevia (later called Nonithian), was a member of the Mimbres Apache...
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