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GALLERY: Ohio’s great Native American Indian Chiefs

by Ohio History Connection November 12, 2021January 2, 2024

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  • Tecumseh was a great chief of the Shawnee tribe.

  • This image of Mingo chief Logan is from an old print via the Ohio Historical Society.

  • This is an artist’s representation of Pontiac. No known portrait of Pontiac was painted during his lifetime.

  • Little Turtle was a great chief of the Miami tribe.

  • Colonel Lewis was from the Shawnee tribe, who became a chief by accidental identification, according to legend.

  • Tishcohan was a chief of the Delaware Tribe.

  • The Shawnee chief Conrstalk was a great leader of his people during the Revolutionary War era.

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