Northwestern Confederacy
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The Northwestern Confederacy, or Northwestern Indian Confederacy, was a loose confederacy of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region of the United States created after the American Revolutionary Wa
Joseph Brant sat for this portrait by Gilbert Stuart during his 1786 visit to London.
Little Turtle, a Miami war chief who opposed concessions to the United States
Tecumseh's confederacy
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Tecumseh's confederacy was a confederation of Native Americans in the Great Lakes region of North America which formed during the early 19th century around the teaching of Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa.
Northwestern Confederacy
…States, but the pan-tribal resistance was later rekindled by Tenskwatawa (known as the Prophet) and his brother, Tecumseh, resulting in the formation of Tecumseh's confederacy. The area making up the Ohio Country and the Illinois Country had been contested for over a century, beginning with the Franco-Haudenosaunee Beaver…
Tenskwatawa, by Charles Bird King