FOUNDER /DIRECTOR OF OMC FAITH AND

THE PEACEFUL GATHERING PLACE INC.
 

 Rev. Wunnanumwau (Pronounced wuh-nahn-num-wow) Tom Frederick was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and is of Algonquin descent, and currently the Principal Chief of the *Chappiquiddic, *Pokanoket Nation, Allied Federation of Tribes New England. (*Algonquin Spelling)

In 1982, he graduated from Boston City Hospital School of Nursing with a specialty in Emergency Room and Trauma, which eventually led to his transition into Community Health and Wellness. Tom lived on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota with relatives, learning traditional Native American practices; this experience would later enable him to refine standard nursing approaches and combine it with alternative Native American healing modalities.