American Experience: Tecumseh: We Shall Remain

Series portraying significant events in Native American history. In 1805, Tenskwatawa, a Shawnee, emerged from a deep trance to suggest that the Indians were in dire straits because they had adopted white culture and rejected traditional ways. This prompted a sense of spiritual renewal that his elder brother, Tecumseh, harnessed to create an unprecedented military and political confederacy of often antagonistic tribes, all committed to stopping white westward expansion.