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Throughout the 19th century, American settlers pushing across the Western frontier arrived to contact with diverse American tribes, producing a series of issues. Indian leaders like Geronimo became feared and feared men in the us, and Relaxing Bull's victory over George Custer's 7th Cavalry at Little Bighorn was one of the country's most traumatic armed forces endeavors. Given this background, it's no surprise that the Shawnee continue being closely associated with the most famous head, Tecumseh, the most famous Native American of the first 19th century. While leading the Shawnee, he attemptedto peacefully establish a Native American land east of the Mississippi River in the wake of the American Revolution. Regarding his brother Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh was in the process of developing a wide-ranging, Local American confederacy that they hoped would stem the westward movement of Anglo-American settlers. They wished to essentially establish a "nation" of Native Americans that would be known and accepted by the evolving European-American settlers. Even as he continues to keep carefully the Shawnee's name in books, Tecumseh actually overshadows the long and even old background of the Shawnee. With their cultural origins dating back practically 3,000 years, the Shawnee experienced ties to the Old Moundbuilders tradition and resided in the same region for thousands of years, developing both a wealthy background and unique group of customs and values. At the same time, the Shawnee themselves were never a truly unified group, even as their most famous leader go about making a Local American confederacy, so different rings of Shawnee have had different historical narratives as well.
