Pushmataha
Choctaw chief who saw to it that his people never
fought a war against the United States |
Opothleyahola
a leader in the Creek Confederacy who tried to
avoid war with the United States and lead his
people to sanctuary in Kansas |
Sitting Bull
(Tatanka-Iyotanka) Dakota
warrior who fought many battles against the U.S.
only to be ultimately killed by one of his own |
Satanta
(Set'tainte, "White Bear")
Kiowa war chief known as the "Orator of the
Plains," and for his campaigns of terror
from Texas to the Canadian border |
Little Turtle
(Mishikinakwa) Miami orator and
fighter who tried to keep white settlers out of
the Northwest Territory |
Chief
Joseph (Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt)
Nez Percé who, while neither a warrior nor a
chief, did his best to keep the peace and lead
his people to sanctuary in Canada |
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief who united 32 eastern tribes into a
confederacy that for a time limited white
migrations into the Northwest Territory |