Not expecting or anything, just idly wondering—
[name_f]My[/name_f] great-X grandfather, who was born enslaved and ended up fighting for the Union in the Civil War, had the middle name Tecumseh. He passed that on to his son and grandson, who also have cool stories.
I know that it’s a [name_f]Shawnee[/name_f] name and I’m not [name_f]Shawnee[/name_f], but Tecumseh was also an American folk hero, plus there’s the family connection.
Would it be useable as a middle name today?
I think it would be fine since you do have a connection to it 
Very cool as a middle name but you may have to explain a lot with it as a first name so I’d keep that in mind.
Yes I think Tecumseh is fine as a middle name if your family has a connection to the name. Otherwise I don’t think a person with no [name_f]Shawnee[/name_f] heritage should be using a [name_f]Shawnee[/name_f] name. I’d not use it as a first name if you live somewhere it would constantly be mispronounced.
I used an Aztec name for my oldest’s middle name, but my husband is of that culture and his family speaks the Nahuatl language. I knew it would not be spelled or pronounced correctly in the US (even by Spanish speakers, since it’s not a Spanish name). That’s why we used it as her middle name and not her first. If we were living in an area of Mexico with a high indigenous population, like his hometown, it would have worked as a first name.
I think it’s usable as a middle name.
I think it’s usable as a middle, especially with the family connection!