USS Pontiac
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The USS Pontiac, NCC-72684, is a Danube class runabout assigned to the USS Constitution
The USS Pontiac is named after an early 18th century Native American Ottawa leader known as Pontiac or Obwandiyag. He was reknowned for for his participation in the siege of Detroit and Pontiac's Rebellion, a struggle against British military occupation of the Great Lakes region (North America).
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- "Pontiac" by Richard White at Encyclopedia of North American Indians
- Chief Pontiac as depicted at the Siege of Fort Detroit No known existing portraits have depicted Pontiac at this event and Cecy Rose has based her oil painting on well-researched reference material.