He was born near Fort Benton, Montana, and was the adopted son of Chief White Calf.
[2] He died at Blackfeet Indian hospital, of attack of flu according to the Choteau Acantha, however the Indian agency said pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 63 and is buried in a Catholic cemetery in Browning, Montana.
[2][1] He became famous for his work promoting the Glacier National Park for the Great Northern Railway.
[1][2][4]: 222 In 1912, he traveled with several other Blackfeet to the 1912 United States Land Show in Chicago to make what was possibly the first publicity trip for the tribe.
[1]: 141 [6] In 1971, Walter "Blackie" Wetzel, a Blackfeet tribal council member, created the Washington Redskins logo.