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Before America

Before America |The Painting That Lied to America: The Truth About Pontiac’s War

Season 2025 Episode 5 | 5m 17s

A single 19th-century painting rewrote Pontiac’s War with invented faces, false romance, and Eurocentric myths. In Before America (E5), we expose how Stanley’s Unveiling the Conspiracy distorted history, erased Indigenous agency, and shaped textbooks for generations—while today’s Indigenous voices reclaim the truth

Aired: 12/13/25
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Before America
Before America | How Michigan’s Indigenous Nations Sparked the American Revolution
Michigan’s Indigenous history that helped spark the American Revolution.
Episode: S2025 E4 | 4:51
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Before America
Before America |Michigan’s Forgotten Women of Pontiac’s War
The untold story of Indigenous women whose power shaped Pontiac’s War and Michigan’s history.
Episode: S2025 E3 | 6:02
Watch • 5:07
Before America
Before America | The Lacrosse Game That Sparked a Native Uprising
A 1763 lacrosse match at Fort Michilimackinac turns into a daring Native rebellion.
Episode: S2025 E1 | 5:07
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Before America
Official Trailer | Before America
Reframing America’s origins through Native resistance in the Great Lakes.
Preview: S2025 | 0:30