About Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk
Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk was a physician.
Daguerreotype of Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk or Peter Wilson. Created in the 1850s. Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk or Peter Wilson (died 1871, alternate spellings are Waowawanaonk, Wau-wah-wa-na-onk, and De jih'-non-da-weh-hoh)
Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk was raised on the Seneca Buffalo Reservation and was educated in Quaker schools on the reservation. He was one of the first Native Americans to earn a medical degree. Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk also worked as an interpreter on the Cattaraugus Reservation.
Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk was a signatory on a fraudulent land treaty executed in 1838 and signed as a chief. In 1846, Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk spoke to the New York Historical Society about regaining Haudenosaunee land lost through fraud.
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Who was Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk?
American physician
When did Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk die?
Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk died in 1871.
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Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk was a physician.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk. https://biography.guide/wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk/
MLA: "Wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/wa-o-wa-wa-na-onk/.
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