George Blanchard, the Governor of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, so describes the meaning of the name in the PBS documentary We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's VisionLưu trữ 2012-05-04 tại Wayback Machine: 'Well, I've always heard "Teh-cum-theh" — "Teh-cum-theh" — means, in our culture and our belief, at nights when we see a falling star, it means that this panther is jumping from one mountain to another. And as kids, we saw these falling stars, we'd kind of hesitate about being out in the dark, because we thought there were actually panthers out there walking around. So that's what his name meant: Teh-cum-theh'
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Allen, Robert S (2009). “Tecumseh”. The Canadian Encyclopedia > Biography > Native Political Leaders. Historica-Dominion. Truy cập ngày 3 tháng 10 năm 2009.
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George Blanchard, the Governor of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, so describes the meaning of the name in the PBS documentary We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's VisionLưu trữ 2012-05-04 tại Wayback Machine: 'Well, I've always heard "Teh-cum-theh" — "Teh-cum-theh" — means, in our culture and our belief, at nights when we see a falling star, it means that this panther is jumping from one mountain to another. And as kids, we saw these falling stars, we'd kind of hesitate about being out in the dark, because we thought there were actually panthers out there walking around. So that's what his name meant: Teh-cum-theh'