User blog comment:D. Cello/Assassinews 03/01 -- Assassin's Creed III era and boxart revealed/@comment-78.148.200.74-20120302135859/@comment-1625914-20120302143656

Not necessarily, mate -- altough they will probably be enemies (as some Americans will too). THe ancestor seems to be based in Native-Americans, not in US-soon-to-be citizens. Maybe we will confront both sides equally, like Altair did.