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Pontiac's Rebellion: At what is now Mackinaw City, Michigan, Chippewas capture Fort Michilimackinac by diverting the garrison's attention with a game of lacrosse, then chasing a ball into the fort.
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Pontiac's War
1763 conflict by indigenous Native Americans against the British in Canada
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Archaeological site in Michigan, United States
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