Ann Arbor District Library Downtown, 343 South Fifth Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Land has always been central to many conflicts in the United States, especially regarding the land that Indigenous people lived on. Continuously moving westward, it became increasingly difficult for tribal nations to continue to hold onto their land. Having sided with the French during the French and Indian War, at the war's end and a British victory, life was changing drastically for tribal nations. Pontiac's Rebellion was in response to a British victory in the French and Indian War and the disdain for British policies that were coming into play. The Rebellion was also a step towards the American Revolution. Learn how this single event leads to a Nation's independence and native nations' right to exist.