Odawa war chief, Pontiac, (Obwandiyag) in
Odawa war chief, Pontiac, (Obwandiyag) in council. In the early 1760s. After the French and Indian War, Pontiac was one of several Northwest (Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin) Indian leaders who fought the victorious British. English settlers and soldiers encroached on their territory, built forts, withheld customary diplomatic gifts, and restricted trade in gunpowder and ammunition
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13124419
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45380525
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
