Background
Wantland was born in Edmond, Oklahoma.
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Seminole High School - Seminole, Oklahoma
Seminole State College
University of Oklahoma
George Washington University
University of Hawaii
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University School of Law
Geneva-Saint Alban"s Theological College
Canterbury Christ Church University
University of Cambridge
Saint Deiniol"s Library, now Gladstone"s Library
College of Preachers.
Career
He is a former Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Eau Claire. He is of Seminole, Chickasaw and Choctaw descent. He served as municipal judge of Seminole, Oklahoma and on the Seminole City Council.
He also served as vice-mayor of Seminole.
He later became a full-time priest. Wantland became Bishop of the Diocese of Eau Claire in 1980.
During that time, he was honored by the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. He was embraced as one their own and was given the name "Manido Nigani", meaning "He who stands forth in the Spirit", referencing his position as an Episcopal bishop.
Wantland also serves as Assisting Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth.
He became the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Seminole Nation in 2011. He is also a published author of a number of books School of Law Saint Charles West. Wantland, Wantland"s grandfather.
Membership
Prior to becoming a member of the clergy, Wantland was a practicing attorney. He was a founding member of the ACNA House of Bishops and helped write the ACNA Constitution and Canons. Additionally, Wantland has been a member of the faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Seminole State College and Nashotah House.
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Anglican