Tecumseh's Speech to the Osages. Literature & Language Book Review

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Tecumseh's Speech to the Osages
One of the significant challenges faced by Tecumseh is dealing with racism. He struggled to resist the domination of white settlers in his land for the better part of his life. Tecumseh was limited to enjoying the opportunities in the American dream based on his skin color. The major problem was not dealing with the social issue only. His character in the non-fiction reading speech of Osages shows that his life faced significant challenges, considering his location as a Native American (Sugden, 1986). The Westerners held power and conquering their position to ensure equality in the distribution of resources could and was never an easy process for Tecumseh (Sugden, 1986). Knowing the fact pushed him to the spirit of fighting as it seemed the only option to attaining independence and protecting his land from white settlers from the Midwest (Sugden, 1986). Thus Tecumseh fought and won two significant battles; protecting his territory from colonialism and moving closer to partaking the opportunities in the American dream.
Tecumseh is recognized as a public figure that fought to unite his fellow Indians to reject colonialism. He must have believed that the only essential way to becoming part of the great significant country was by first attaining independence. Allowing the settlers to overcome his territory would mean the people, including him, will live under the power of the westerners (Sugden, 1986). In this case, dealing with colonization would hinder society, pushing it to more limitations in the American dream. Tecumseh knew the primary step towards the success of the Native Americans was rejecting colonization to protect the...