Join us next Thursday, March 13 at 6:30 p.m. for a lecture featuring historian Wayne E. Lee of the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill discussing Indigenous warfare before and during the American Revolution.
Throughout the Revolution, Indigenous warriors sought to surprise their targets, and the size of the target varied with the size of the attacking force. A small war party might “cut off” individuals getting water or wood or out hunting, while a larger party might attempt to attack a whole town. Once revealed by its attack, the invading war party would flee before the defenders’ reinforcements from nearby towns could organize. Sieges or battles were rare and fought mainly to save face or reputation. After discussing his “cutting-off way of war” paradigm, Dr. Lee explores Native logistics and their strategic flexibility to recast Indigenous warfare in a framework of the lived realities of Native people rather than in relation to European military strategies and practices.
Learn more and register for the lecture at: https://bit.ly/3QQVDHe
Image: War in the Peaceable Kingdom painted by Adrian Martinez, 2015. Oil on Canvas. Private Collection. 
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