Joe Asscy

Joe Asscy is listed as # 1446 on the 1907 Wooster Roll where he is identified as the son of Mrs Catherine Asscy # 1444. Joe's traditional name is recorded as "Wabanga" but no translation is offered. The name and its meaning and context require scrutiny and comment by those with expertise in nuances of the Anishinaabemowin language and Potawatomi culture.

In 1907 when Joe Asscy was age 6 he was living with his mother and siblings at an unnamed community on Manitoulin, Ontario where he held full rights in Canada.