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Chief Yowlachie
Acting
15 Aug 1891
† 07 Mar 1966
Yakima Indian Reservation, Washington, USA
Biography
Chief Yowlachie was born in Kitsap County, Washington, and later lived with his family on the Yakima Indian Reservation. Although he was not enrolled in the Yakima Nation, his parents John W. Simmons and Lucy Riddle both had Puyallup heritage and owned allotted land on the Yakima reservation. Yowlatchie's real name was Daniel Simmons and he began his show-business career as--believe it or not--an opera singer and spent many years in that profession. In the 1920s he switched to films, and over th...
Also Known As
Chief Yowlache, Chief Yowlachi, Daniel Simmons
























