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Charles Fletcher Lummis

Historian, photographer and activist

Died when: 69 years 268 days (836 months)
Star Sign: Pisces

 

Charles Fletcher Lummis

Charles Fletcher Lummis (March 1, 1859, in Lynn, Massachusetts – November 25, 1928, in Los Angeles, California) was a United States journalist, and an activist for Indian rights and historic preservation.

A traveler in the American Southwest, he settled in Los Angeles, California, where he also became known as an historian, photographer, ethnographer, archaeologist, poet, and librarian.

Lummis founded the Southwest Museum of the American Indian.


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