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

Treaty of Saginaw The Treaty of Saginaw, also known as the Treaty with the Chippewa, was made between Gen. Lewis Cass and Chief Mash Kee Yosh, Chief John Okemos, Chief Wasso and other Native American tribes of the Great Lakes region (principally the Ojibwe, b ...

in 1819 which ceded 24,000 square kilometers (or more than six million acres) in central Michigan to the US government. He was also a signatory of the

Treaty of Detroit The Treaty of Detroit was a treaty between the United States and the Ottawa, Chippewa, Wyandot and Potawatomi Native American nations. The treaty was signed in Detroit, Michigan on November 17, 1807, with William Hull, governor of the Mich ...

in 1807 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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Ojibwe people Native American leaders 19th-century Native Americans Year of birth missing Year of death missing Native American people from Michigan {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub