Rebellion: Prophets, Battles and Indian Leaders

Hi everyone! I am going to do something a bit different today. My post will be mostly visual! In the following slides I will discuss a tiny fraction of the American Indian rebellion, some of it’s causes, some of it’s leaders, some of the American responses, and the end result of their efforts, all of which, was mentioned in the World Together, Worlds Apart History Textbook chapter 16 titled, “Alternative Visions for the 19th Century.”

I hope you enjoy; please let me know what you think and whether or not you agree with my analysis! 

As American settlers continued to encroach on their land, even the land specifically set aside by the government, Tecumseh, as well as many others became alarmed. Since the government did not value Ohio Indian rights as much as it’s own citizens little action was taken.

The only way the American Indians could have won against the vast amounts of American settlers was to unite their tribes much much earlier.

Feel free to comment! 

Here are some of the websites/articles where I got my information! They might be helpful study material too. :)

“Tecumseh’s Uprising,”Clark Historical Library. https://www.cmich.edu/library/clarke/ResearchResources/Michigan_Material_Local/Detroit_Pre_statehood_Descriptions/A_Brief_History_of_Detroit/Pages/Tecumseh's-Uprising.aspx Web. April 4th, 2015.

“Chief Tecumseh urges Indian’s to unite against Whites,” http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/chief-tecumseh-urges-indians-to-unite-against-whites . 2015. Web. April 4th, 2015.

“Sell a Country? Why Not Sell the Air?” International Socialist Review Issue 39.http://www.isreview.org/issues/39/sell_country.shtml. January-February 2005. Web. April 4th, 2015.

Lamphere Peter, “A Native War of Independence,” International Socialist Review Issue 39. http://www.isreview.org/issues/39/tecumseh.shtml. January-February 2005. Web. April 4th, 2015.

“Native American Resistance in the Trans-Appalachian West,” U.S. History Pre Columbian to the New Millennium. http://www.ushistory.org/us/21d.asp. 2014. Web. April 4th, 2015

Landry Alysa, “Native History: Tecumseh Defeated at Battle of Thames,”Indian Country Today Media Network. http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/05/native-history-tecumseh-defeated-battle-thames-151604. October 5th, 2013. Web. April 4th, 2015

Sugden, John “Tenskwatawa,” American National Biography Online. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Tenskwatawa?rec=312. April 2014. Web. April 4th, 2015.

“Catahecassa,” American National Biography Online. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Catahecassa. April 2014. Web. April 4th, 2015.

Tignor. Et Al, “Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century,” World’s Together World’s Apart. http://www.wwnorton.com/college/history/worlds-together-worlds-apart3/ch/16/summary.aspxx. 2010. Web. April 4th, 2015.