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Family honors Meskwak activist, veteran Donald Wanatee Sr., dead at 88

Donald W. Wanatee Sr. regularly spent as many as 100 hours a week away from the Meskwaki Indian Settlement as he tirelessly advocated for Native American people and issues around the country, often sparing his last dollars to get from place to place.
When he was home, he took his kids on hikes through the Meskwaki Nation s heavily wooded settlement in Tama County, Iowa. He taught them how to grow crops and, being a hobby cartographer, how to navigate forests, said Donnielle J. Wanatee, one of his eight children. As a social worker, he understood kids needs and instilled in each of his own children a lifelong sense of individuality, she said. ....

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Meskwaki Leader Donald Wanatee Dies At Age 88

Donald Wanatee is being remembered as a dedicated advocate for the Meskwaki and for Native people more broadly.
The Meskwaki Nation has announced the death of tribal leader and Native American rights activist Donald Wanatee who passed away peacefully at his home Wednesday at the age of 88. Wanatee is being remembered as a dedicated advocate for not only the Meskwaki Nation but for Native people more broadly.
According to a statement released by the Meskwaki Nation, during the course of his activism, “Wanatee was often one of the few Native Americans in the room, whether it was a classroom, meeting room or a Rotunda, and he did not take the responsibility lightly. ....

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