They were charismatic and forward thinking, imaginative and courageous, compassionate and resolute, and at times, arrogant, vengeful, and reckless. For hundreds of years, Native American leaders from Massasoit, Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa, to Major Ridge, Geronimo and Fools Crow valiantly resisted expulsion from their lands and fought the extinction of their culture.
Sometimes, their strategies were militaristic, but more often they were diplomatic, spiritual, legal and political.
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