Ten-sqúat-a-way, "The Prophet"


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Ten-sqúat-a-way, "The Prophet"

Tenskawata, also known as The Prophet, was the religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe. He denounced white Americans as children of the Evil Spirit and mobilized Native Americans in the Midwest, especially Indiana, to fight them.
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Renwick Gallery


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