The correct answer to this open question is the following.
Tecumseh's understanding of national identity compared with that of most white Americans of his era was the following.
Tecumseh, as the leader of the Shawnee Indians, understood what the situation was and invited all Native American Indian tribes of the region to express a true sense of nationality by united to stop the constant advancements ann settling of the white European colonists. He was known to be a fierce warrior that called other tribes to defend their territories against white settlers in the Ohio River Valley region.
On the other hand, white Americans did not have the same sense of identity as the Indians. The Indians believed it was their territory because they were already there thousands of years before the arrival of the Europeans. For the white colonists, North America represented a land where they could start a new life, settle in, gain more territory, and exploit the many natural resources and raw material to getting rich.