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A 5 page review of the Book by author Gregory Evans Dowd. The author of this paper emphasizes the point that while many Native American leaders had hope of effecting a final victory over the whites that had invaded their lands, the "militant nativist" message delivered by prophets like Neolin (mid-eighteenth Century Deleware) and Tenskwatwa (early nineteenth Century Shawnee, brother of Tecumseh) was rejected by many of the Native peoples. The Native people had suffered tremendously at the hands of the whites. That suffering was not easily forgotten. Even when they were given new hope by new leaders, many were reluctant to confront the whites in yet another battle. They had come to believe in their hearts that the white tide was unstoppable and that by trying to stop it they would only sacrifice more Native lives. No additional sources are listed.
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American resistance to the peoples of European origin who stole their lands and deliberately went about destroying their cultures are quite complex. Although there were many Native Americans that
advocated resistance along the way, the people did not always follow their urgings. Resistance to white domination was strong in the early years of contact but waned as time
progressed. In the face of one defeat after another at the hands of settlers and the U.S. military there was less and less resistance from the Native peoples.
Even the "militant nativist" message delivered by prophets like Neolin (mid-eighteenth Century Deleware) and Tenskwatwa (early nineteenth Century Shawnee, brother of Tecumseh) was rejected by many of the Native peoples.
Author Gregory Evans Dowd explores this phenomena quite extensively in the book titled "A Spirited Resistance: The North American Indian Struggle for Unity, 1745-1815".
Dowds book illustrates the fact that interactions between European Americans and Native Americans in the early chapters of our history were extremely variable. Unfortunately, the majority of
these interactions were more negative than positive. Dowd presents many examples to support this contention. Hundreds, if not thousands, of additional examples could be presented as well.
The most interesting of Dowds examples concern the leadership strategies of the two groups. Alliances between some of the Native groups were formed and, in fact, became an integral
factor in many important events marking the interaction between the European interlopers and the indigenous peoples of this continent. The alliances formed through the actions of Native Americans such
as Neolin and Tenskwatwa were particularly important in the possibilities they presented for a successful militant resistance to white encroachment. Dowds
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