Wawatam
Possibly connected to an Ojibwe word for a wild goose, though no root for the name has been firmly established.
Meaning and origin
Wawatam was a leader among the Anishinaabe people near the Straits of Mackinac in the 1760s, known today mainly through the memoir of the Scottish-born fur trader Alexander Henry, who described being ceremonially…
How to pronounce Wawatam
| English (US) | wah-wuh-TAM /ˌwɑːwəˈtæm/ |
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