2002 1 oz Chief "Shooting Star" Tecumseh Silver Dollar Coin

The Sovereign Nation of the Shawnee Tribe (Oklahoma), recognized by the United States under the Shawnee Tribe Status Act of 2000, has authorized these historic first coins.

Tecumseh (1768 - 1813) was a Shawnee warrior chief who with his brother, the Shawnee Prophet, attempted to stop the advance of white settlement in the Old Northwest. On the night when Tecumseh was born, there was an incredible meteor shower. The elders in the tribe took this to be an omen, and pronounced that this baby would go on to be a great leader, which he did. Chief Tecumseh would always be introduced at tribal councils as "Born under the sign of the Shooting Star." 

Tecumseh believed that Indians must return to a state of purity, that they must forget intertribal rivalries and confederate, and that individual tribes must not sell land that all Indians held in common. He also gave this version of the Golden Rule: "Trouble no one about his religion ... respect others in their views and demand that they respect yours..."

The Shawnee hero - Chief Tecumseh - is featured on these Silver Dollars. ; the four tribes that survived were known to the white settlers as Mequachake, Chillicothe, Kiskapoke and the Piqua.

The obverse of this silver coin features The Shawnee hero - Chief Tecumseh. The obverse depicts the coat of arms which contain 12 stars, representing the original 12 tribes of the Shawnee Indian Nationreads, 

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