The Comsa was the most remarkable Native American leader in all of American history.

He was a man that tried to unite the tribes to hold the Ohio Valley and the Midwest against

American expansion, but his leadership was of such a great nature.

His leadership was so grand that he was admired not only by Native American people, but

by the Americans who opposed him and he has emerged as a major folk hero throughout

the United States.

On this episode, we're neck deep in the murky waters of American identity.

We're peering into the life of the Shawnee leader to Comsa.

I want to understand his social political context, the foundations of what built him, while

trying to understand the extraordinary leadership of this man whose name means a panther crossing

the sky.

He was a hunter, a warrior, an exceptional orator.

He was a revolutionary leader considered a genius.

And though he was an enemy of the United States, his legacy was grafted into our national

character.

And I believe that he's an American hero.

In this series, we're going to hear from the current chief of the Shawnee nation, chief

Ben Barnes and New York Times best selling author, Robert Morgan.

We'll hear from Peter Cousins, an acclaimed historian and author.

And from Native American historian, Dr. Dave Edmonds, we got these guys stacked in here

deep.

And in all my work on this here, Beargree's podcast, I don't think I've ever had to dig

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