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Meaning & History
Used by S. Alice Callahan for the heroine of 'Wynema: A Child of the Forest' (1891), the first novel written by a Native American woman. Callahan was one-sixteenth Muscogee (Creek), but it is unknown if this name was commonly used in the Creek tribe or if she invented it for use in her book.The name is also used by Native Americans belonging to the following nations: Caddo, Modoc, and Omaha.