Peter Chartier

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Peter Chartier was an 18th-century Shawnee leader of mixed French and Native ancestry known for resisting British colonial expansion and opposing the sale of alcohol to Indigenous communities.

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instanceOf Shawnee leader
person
activeInCentury 18th century
advocatedFor Shawnee autonomy
protection of Indigenous communities from alcohol
ethnicBackground French father
Shawnee mother
ethnicity French
Shawnee
mixed French and Native American ancestry
historicalContext British–French rivalry in North America
colonial-era Indigenous–European relations
knownFor leadership among the Shawnee
opposing the sale of alcohol to Indigenous communities
resisting British colonial expansion
notableRole leader of a Shawnee faction opposed to British traders
occupation interpreter
military leader
trader
opposedTo British colonial expansion in North America
sale of rum and other alcohol to Native Americans
regionOfActivity Ohio Valley region
surface form: Ohio Valley

Pennsylvania frontier
sidedWith Shawnee interests against British traders
stanceOnAlcoholTrade strongly opposed
timePeriod early 18th century
mid-18th century

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Shawnee notableLeader Peter Chartier