This talk by Pulitzer Prize winner and historian Kathleen DuVal explores what the American Revolution was like for Native Nations.

From Bunker Hill to Yorktown to conflicts on the British colonies’ western border, Native nations were part of the American Revolution. How they participated in it varied depending on their circumstances, and their choices affected the outcome and history ever since.

This is a ticketed event and registration is required.

Sponsors: The Society of the Cincinnati in the State of Virginia in partnership with the VCU History Department. Also sponsored by the Virginia Museum of History & Culture, the VCU Humanities Research Center, and the Virginia American Revolution 250 Commission in partnership with Virginia Humanities.

Vanessa Adkins, right, is apprenticing under her cousin Jessica Canaday Stewart learning the finer points of traditional Chickahominy dancing. Photos taken at the Fall Festival and Pow Wow in Charles City on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012.

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