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The most recent biography of Tenskwatawa is Adam Jortner's The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American.!

Tenskwatawa

Native American leader (1775–1836)

Tenskwatawa (; also called Tenskatawa, Tenskwatawah, Tensquatawa or Lalawethika) (January 1775 – November 1836) was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe, known as the Prophet or the Shawnee Prophet.

William Henry Harrison referred to himself as a "Child of the Revolution." This was no idle politician's boast.

As the Prophet, Tenskwatawa taught his followers to reject European goods and traditions in favor of Indigenous customs.

The most recent biography of Tenskwatawa is Adam Jortner's The Gods of Prophetstown: The Battle of Tippecanoe and the Holy War for the American.

Harrison was the last president born as a British subject in the Thirteen Colonies and was the grandfather of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd U.S. president.

In 2013 President Barack Obama nominated Humetewa to serve as a judge on the U.S. District Court for Arizona and in May of 2014 she was confirmed by the Senate.

He was a younger brother of Tecumseh, a leader of the Shawnee. In his early years Tenskwatawa was given the name Lalawethika ("He Makes a Loud Noise" or "The Noise Maker"), but he changed it around 1805 and transformed himself from a hapless, alcoholic youth into an influential spiritual leader.

Tenskwatawa denounced the Americans, calling them the offspring of the Evil Spirit, and led a purification movement that promoted unity among the Indigenous peoples of North America, rejected acculturation to the American way of life, and encouraged his followers to pursue traditional ways.

In the early 1800s, Tenskwatawa formed a community with his followers near Greenville in western Ohio, a