In Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership, Edmunds argues that although the pan-Indian alliance first fomented by the Prophet Tenskatawas revitalist teachings but refocused by Tecumsehs military leadership ultimately failed — with tragic consequences for Native Americans — Tecumsehs attempts to forge the tribesmen into a pan-Indian confederacy [nonetheless] reflected a farsighted approach to the problems of Indian land tenure, and the failure of his political movement should not detract from his goals or his efforts (Edmunds, 206)
Question: Write an essay, using Edmunds Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership, in which you explain:
a) why various Native American tribes — the Shawnees, Delawares, Kickapoos, Wynadots, Foxes, and Sacs, among others were drawn first to Tenskatawas program of revitalization and later to the armed anti-colonial pan-Indian uprising under Tecumseh
b) the significance of this rare pan-Indian movement
c) why it ultimately failed
