Tecumseh's confederacy

Tecumseh's Confederacy
Tecumseh's Confederacy in 1810
Leaders	Tenskwatawa (1805–1808) Tecumseh (1808–1813) Tenskwatawa (1813–1824)
Headquarters	Prophetstown
Active regions	Northwest Territory Upper Canada
Ideology	Pan-Indianism Anti-American expansionism Indigenous Religion as preached by Tenskwatawa Communal ownership of land[1]
Allies	Britain
Opponents	United States
Battles and wars	Tecumseh's War War of 1812 Battle of Tippecanoe Siege of Detroit Siege of Fort Meigs Battle of the Thames

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.^[2] The confederation grew over several years and came to include several thousand Native American warriors. Shawnee leader Tecumseh, the brother of Tenskwatawa, became the leader of the confederation as early as 1808. Together, they worked to unite the various tribes against colonizers from the United States who had been crossing the Appalachian Mountains and occupying their traditional homelands.

In November 1811, a United States Army force under the leadership of William Henry Harrison engaged Native American warriors associated with Tenskwatawa in the Battle of Tippecanoe, defeating them and engaging in several acts of destruction. In retaliation for that battle, Tecumseh led the confederation, allied with the British Empire, to war with the United States during a conflict later named Tecumseh's War, part of the War of 1812. However, the confederation fractured in 1813 following his death at the Battle of the Thames.^[3]