The OTHER United States of America | The Life & Times of Tecumseh

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America, 1776. The land is abuzz with revolution and you, my friend, you - are supporting the British. That’s because you don’t live here, you live… here. You’re a Shawnee Indian, and to be honest you preferred dealing with the French, but if it comes down to it the British have been so kind as to only conquer the Eastern Seaboard and leave your homeland, and everything West of the Appalachians as Indian Territory. Now the Yankees are coming in droves, the US government is finding all kinds of ways to run off with more land, and your nation is just too small to stand up to this imperial power… wait a second… an imperial power… who wants to rule your land without representation… your nation, your tribe, your… state, if you will, is too small to stand up to them alone… but there are lots of tribes… What if they were… United?

Music (in order of appearance):
John Philip Sousa - Right Forward
Rule Britannia
Yankee Doodle
Kevin Macleod - Hidden Past
American Indian Music - Shawnee Pow Wow Drums
John Bartmann - Happy Families (credit JohnBartmann.com)
Chinese Classical Troupe of Beijing - Feast Away in Quig Palace
Tyner, Poochay, Crowe - Shawnee Song #1
Kevin Macleod - Adventures in Adventureland
Rossini - William Tell Overture