About
Chief Wunnanumwau Tom Frederick
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 transitioning 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.
In 1992 Tom became a Certified Instructor for the Department of Child and Family Services, then DSS Model Approach to Partnership and Parenting and later, welcomed the opportunity to serve as the Director of MSPCC Adoption Program in Brockton, MA.
His continued interests in Spirituality led him to Found the OMC All Nations Church and the School of Earth Medicine in 1998; designed to instruct Physicians, Nurses and others on the benefits of incorporating Wellness, Healing and Spirituality, this became formally recognized in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on March 14, 2006.
As a traditional Drummer of the Group EMS, Eastern Medicine Singers; Tom enjoys drumming in the Eastern Style Algonquin traditional music. In 2012 he was nominated for 3 Grammys. 2018, He was awarded the Global Health and Pharma Award for Excellence in the field of Alternative Medicine & Holistic Health.
Through Education and lectures, Tom continues to advocate for Native American Awareness Rights and for the Preservation of Traditional ways. Tom was a former Board of Director for GIIA, Global Initiative for Indigenous Advancement, and a former Board Director for the North American Indian Council of Boston.
2022 he became the Director of Peaceful Gathering Place a 501c3 Nonprofit Organization for Dedicated to Native American Tribal Sustainability.