Wosso

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Who is Wosso?

Wosso or Wasso, aka Owosso, was a 19th-century Ojibwa leader of the Shiawassee band.

Wosso was a signatory of the Treaty of Saginaw in 1819 which ceded 24,000 square kilometers in central Michigan to the US government. He was also a signatory of the Treaty of Detroit in 1837 which ceded much of southeastern Michigan and northwest Ohio to the US government.

The city of Owosso, Michigan is named for him.

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on July 23, 2013

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