Pontiac (ca. 1720-1769), Ottawa chief and leader of the famed uprising that bears his name, was a pawn in the fight between the British and the French for supremacy in the Great Lakes region. Pontiac was born probably on the Maumee River, of a Chippewa...

c. 1714 Ohio April 20, 1769 Cahokia, Illinois Ottawa-Chippewa tribal leader Portrait: Pontiac. Pontiac was an Ottawa chief who led the Pontiac Rebellion in 1763, an attack inspired by Native...

Pontiac or Obwandiyag (c. 1720 – April 20, 1769), was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766), an American Indian struggle against the British military occupation of the Great Lakes region following the...

State University College at Oswego professor Robert Salisbury will speak on "Pontiac, Ottawa Chieftain: the 1766 Conclusion, in Oswego, of Pontiac's Rebellion" at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the H. Lee White Marine Museum, in Oswego. The program is free and open to...

"I'm like a kid in a candy shop." That is how Roy Roberts feels as a vice president of General Motors and general manager of the Pontiac/GMC Division. If there is one word to describe Mr. Roberts, it is enthusiastic. Once he...