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{{Infobox Celebrity | name = Thomas Wakeman | birth_name = Wawinape (or Wowinape) | image = ThomasWakeman.png | caption = | birth_date = [[1846]] | birth_place = Sioux Reservation | death_date ={{death date and age |1886|01|13|1846|00|00|}} | death_place =[[Redwood Falls, Minnesota]], [[United States|USA]] | occupation = | parents = [[Little Crow]] | spouse = Judith Minnetonka | children = 6 | religion = [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]],<br>[[Christian]] convert | website = | footnotes = }} '''Thomas Wakeman''' (Sioux:Wawinape) ([[1846]] – [[January 13]] [[1886]]) was a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] who organized the first [[Sioux]] Indian [[YMCA]].<ref name="YMCA150">{{cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |others= |title=YMCA in America (1851–2001), A History of Accomplishment Over 150 Years |accessdate=2008-03-24 |date=2000 |publisher=YMCA of the USA |pages=p. 6 }}</ref><ref name="SiouxYMCA">{{cite web |url=http://www.siouxymca.org/history.htm |title=Cheyenne River Reservation Sioux YMCA |accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref> Over the years, 66 Sioux associations have been founded with over 1000 members.<ref name="YMCA150"/> Today, the Sioux YMCAs, under the leadership of a Lakota Board of Directors, operate programs serving families and youth on the {{convert|4500|sqmi|sqkm}} [[Cheyenne River Indian Reservation]].<ref name="SiouxYMCA"/> ==Biography== Chief [[Little Crow]] (Sioux:Tayoyateduta; English:His Red Nation) of the Sioux had a son named Wawinape (English:Place of Refuge) in 1846.<ref name="YMCA150"/><ref name="SiouxYMCA"/><ref name="Ancestry">{{cite web |url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~corder/RCGS/Historical/page5.html |title=Wowinape or Thomas Wakeman (historical marker) |accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref> Little Crow and Wawinape survived the [[Sioux Wars|Dakota War of 1862]]. On [[July 3]] [[1863]], a settler shot and killed Little Crow. His son Wawinape escaped and fled to Dakota Territory. He was later captured, tried and sentenced to hang. He was sent to a prison camp in [[Davenport, Iowa]].<ref name="Ancestry"/> There he converted to Christianity and took the name Thomas Wakeman.<ref name="YMCA150"/><ref name="Ancestry"/> He was pardoned in 1865 and settled in Dakota Territory.<ref name="Ancestry"/> Wakeman married Judith Minnetonka in [[January]] [[1874]].<ref name="Ancestry"/> They had four sons and two daughters: Solomon, Ruth, John, Jesse, Ida, and Alex.<ref name="Minn">{{cite web |url=http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mncultures/littlecrow.html |title=Famous Native Minnesotans: Little Crow |accessdate=2008-03-24}}</ref> He worked as a farmer and US mail carrier.<ref name="Ancestry"/> On [[April 27]] [[1879]] Thomas Wakeman and his friends started the Koskada Okadiciye, a Young Man's Association, at Flandreau, Dakota Territory.<ref name="SiouxYMCA"/><ref name="Ancestry"/> In 1885, it was recognized by the national YMCA and its name was changed to Sioux Young Men's Christian Association.<ref name="SiouxYMCA"/> Wakeman contracted tuberculosis and died at [[Redwood Falls, Minnesota]] on [[January 13]] [[1886]].<ref name="Ancestry"/> His son Jesse succeeded his father at the YMCA.<ref name="Minn"/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~corder/RCGS/Historical/Images/Wowinape.JPG Historical Marker] *{{coord|44.5511|-95.1|type:landmark_region:US|display=inline}} Location of Historical Marker in [[Redwood County, Minnesota]] <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{Persondata |NAME = Wakeman, Thomas |ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Wawinape, Wowinape |SHORT DESCRIPTION = [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] who organized the first [[Sioux]] Indian [[YMCA]] |DATE OF BIRTH = [[1846]] |PLACE OF BIRTH = Sioux Reservation |DATE OF DEATH = [[January 13]] [[1886]] |PLACE OF DEATH = [[Redwood Falls, Minnesota]], [[United States|USA]] }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Wakeman, Thomas}} [[Category:Native Americans]] [[Category:Sioux]] [[Category:1846 births]] [[Category:1886 deaths]]