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Facts

Born c.1752 • near Fort Wayne • Indiana
Died July 14, 1812 • Fort Wayne • Indiana
Role In Battle of Fallen Timbers • Saint Clair’s Defeat • Treaty of Greenville

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Little Turtle
Oil painting of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville signing, showing General Anthony Wayne with U.S. officers and Miami chief Little Turtle with Native American leaders in a grassy landscape.
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Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief
Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.
Black Hawk
Sauk and Fox leader
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Lakota chief
Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker
Native American leader
Geronimo, 1886
Geronimo
Apache leader
Pontiac
Pontiac
Ottawa chief
Crazy Horse
Crazy Horse
Oceti Sakowin chief
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Cochise
Apache chief
Joseph Brant
Joseph Brant
Mohawk chief
Red Cloud
Red Cloud
Oceti Sakowin chief
Metacom (King Philip)
Metacom
Wampanoag leader
Nana
Nana
Apache leader
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Mangas Coloradas
Apache chief
Gall
Gall
Oceti Sakowin chief
Osceola
Osceola
Seminole leader
Manuelito
Manuelito
Navajo chief
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The Prophet
Shawnee leader
Pushmataha.
Pushmataha
American Indian chief
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
American author, academic, musician and artist
Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Powhatan woman