Posted on September 7, 2018 at 8:25 AM |
Causes:
The Federal Road divided the traditional Upper Creeks from more assimilated Lower Creeks.
Creek ownership of traditional lands was endangered as land-hungry whites moved across it or...
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Tecumseh: Vision of Glory
By Glenn Tucker
Pickle Partners Publishing, Nov 6, 2015 - Biography & Autobiography - 407 pages
In the years just preceding the War of 1812 one man, an Indian, dominated the American frontier—Tecumseh. He emerges here as a vivid, splendid character, a man of unusual talents and noble aims, whereas in much previous history and biography he has been depicted as a baffling, sinister, often bloody figure̵...
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Tecumseh Military Leader (c.1768-1813)
April 18, 2016
Young Warrior
During his teenage years, Tecumseh joined a confederation of Native Americans led by Mohawk chief Joseph Brant. Brant encouraged tribes to pool their resources and defend their territory against the white man’s encroachment. T...
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A Native Nations Perspective on the War of 1812
By Donald Fixico
PBS.ORG
The War of 1812 was an important conflict with broad and lasting consequences, particularly for the native inhabitants of North America. During the pivotal years before the war, the United States wanted to expand its territories, a desire that fueled the invasion of native h...
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