Tenskwatawa, in particular, had a series of spiritual awakenings in the early 1800s. These callings were the foundation for this movement, and he would eventually be known as the Shawnee Prophet.

Tenskwatawa, in particular, had a series of spiritual awakenings in the early 1800s. These callings were the foundation for this movement, and he would eventually be known as the Shawnee Prophet.

Tenskwatawa also preached that Native Americans couldn't sell land, viewing land as a natural resource held in common by all Native Americans, rather than a marketable commodity.

Gov. Harrison's troops and Tenskwatawa end up facing off in the bloody battle of Tippecanoe. Tecumseh is away, leaving the Prophet in charge. U.S. history regards this battle as a victory, though ...

William Henry Harrison, Tecumseh, and Tenskwatawa. In 1809, William Henry Harrison, then governor of the Indiana Territories, was negotiating the Fort Wayne Treaty to secure native lands for white ...

Tenskwatawa was aware of this, though Harrison apparently was not. So, responding to Harrison's challenge, Tenskwatawa prophesied that he would darken the sun and then restore it on June 16. Naturally ...

Historian Peter Cozzens presented a dual-biography of Shawnee leader Tecumseh and his brother, Tenskwatawa, and their role in championing Native lands during American settlement. This was a ...

Shawnee warrior Tecumseh and his brother, the prophet Tenskwatawa, organized an ambitious pan-Indian resistance movement. This is a story of strength, pride and pronounced courage.

Rachel Buff, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa: Myth, Historiography and Popular Memory, Historical Reflections / Réflexions Historiques, Vol. 21, No. 2, The Scholarship of Cultural Contact: Decolonizing ...

Conway said the Tenskwatawa corn seemed the most appropriate choice since it was born in Indiana. "The legend of the corn is that it was grown in Prophetstown, Indiana sometime between 1805 and ...

Guest: Peter Cozzens is a historian and the author and/or editor of sixteen books on the American Civil War and the Indian Wars of the American West, and a member of the Advisory Council of the ...