Western Confederacy

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The Western Confederacy was a late 18th-century alliance of Native American tribes in the Ohio Valley that resisted United States expansion into the Northwest Territory.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American tribal alliance ⓘ
historical political alliance ⓘ
activeInCentury 18th century ⓘ
activeInPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
alternativeName Western Indian Confederacy ⓘ
approximateEndYear 1795 ⓘ
approximateStartYear 1780s ⓘ
conflictWith United States ⓘ
countryOpposed United States ⓘ
defeat Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
demand Ohio River as boundary between Native lands and United States settlements ⓘ
ethnicComposition multi-tribal ⓘ
formedAfter American Revolutionary War ⓘ
hasLeader Blue Jacket ⓘ
Buckongahelas ⓘ
Dragging Canoe ⓘ
Egushawa ⓘ
Little Turtle ⓘ
hasMember Delaware (Lenape) ⓘ
Illinois tribes ⓘ
Kickapoo ⓘ
Miami ⓘ
Mingo ⓘ
linked to: Shawnee

Ojibwe (Chippewa) ⓘ
linked to: Ojibwe

Ottawa ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
Shawnee ⓘ
Wyandot ⓘ
historicalSignificance major Native resistance movement to early U.S. expansion ⓘ
influencedBy British support from Canada ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Illinois ⓘ
Indiana ⓘ
Michigan ⓘ
Ohio ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Fallen Timbers ⓘ
Battle of the Wabash ⓘ
St. Clair's Defeat ⓘ
opponentCommander Anthony Wayne ⓘ
Arthur St. Clair ⓘ
opposedTreaty earlier individual land cession treaties with the United States ⓘ
politicalGoal preservation of Native control over the Northwest Territory ⓘ
politicalStructure loosely organized alliance ⓘ
purpose resistance to United States expansion into the Northwest Territory ⓘ
region Northwest Territory ⓘ
Ohio Valley ⓘ
linked to: Ohio Valley region
relatedConflict Northwest Indian War ⓘ
treatyConcluded Treaty of Greenville ⓘ
victory St. Clair's Defeat ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of the Wabash → belligerent → Western Confederacy ⓘ
Battle of Fallen Timbers → belligerent → Western Confederacy ⓘ
Harmar's Campaign, 1790 → belligerent → Western Confederacy ⓘ
Little Turtle → alliedWith → Western Confederacy ⓘ
Miami Confederacy → hasAlternativeName → Western Confederacy ⓘ
Legion of the United States → opponent → Western Confederacy (Native American confederacy) ⓘ
linked to: Western Confederacy
St. Clair's campaign, 1791 → belligerent → Western Confederacy ⓘ
Battle of Kekionga → belligerent → Western Confederacy ⓘ
Battle of Heller's Corner → hasBelligerent → Western Confederacy ⓘ