Native Americans of the Northwest Indian War

Tecumseh ( ; March 9, 1768October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Even though his efforts to unite Native Americans ended with his death in battle during the War of 1812, he became a folk hero in American, Indigenous, and Canadian popular history.

Chief of the Miami people (c. 1747 – July 14, 1812)

War chief of the Shawnee people (c. 1743 – c. 1810)

250px|thumb|right|From an 1817 print