Strategic Alliances and Trail of Broken Treaties 1700-1799
1790s
Indian nations unite to fight American invasion
The United Indian Nations of the Old Northwest fight the establishment of military forts and settlements in Ohio. Wyandot (Huron), Lenape (Delaware), Shawnee, Odawa (Ottawa), Ojibwe (Chippewa), Miami, Munsee, and other tribes wage three campaigns against the U.S. to try to prevent their own displacement and land dispossession as land-hungry Americans illegally move into their territories. Among their leaders are Blue Jacket, War Chief of the Shawnee, and Little Turtle, leader of the Miami. The U.S. retaliates and is defeated in several campaigns (Nies, 1996; Native Voices, "1790s: Indian nations unite to fight American expansion").