
Pocahontas - Wikipedia
Pocahontas (1995), a Walt Disney Company animated feature, one of the Disney Princess films, and the most well known adaptation of the Pocahontas story. The film presents a fictional …
Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend - U.S. National Park Service
Most notably, Pocahontas has left an indelible impression that has endured for more than 400 years. And yet, many people who know her name do not know much about her. Pocahontas …
Pocahontas | Biography, Cultural Legacy, & Facts | Britannica
Pocahontas, Powhatan woman who fostered peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and eventually …
Pocahontas - National Women's History Museum
Among the most famous women in early American history, Pocahontas is credited with helping the struggling English settlers survive.
The True Story of Pocahontas Is More Complicated Than You ...
Feb 20, 2024 · Pocahontas might be a household name, but the true story of her short, powerful life is buried in myths that have persisted since the 17th century. First, Pocahontas wasn’t her …
Pocahontas (d. 1617) - Encyclopedia Virginia
Feb 13, 2025 · An iconic figure in American history, Pocahontas is largely known for saving the life of the Jamestown colonist John Smith and then romancing him—although both events are …
Pocahontas | National Museum of the American Indian
The broad strokes of Pocahontas’s biography are well known—unusually so for a 17th-century Indigenous woman—yet her life has long been shrouded by misunderstandings and …
POCAHONTAS - Disney Princess
Pocahontas is a leader of the Powhatan Tribe, of which her father is the chief. She is noble, free-spirited, and is lovingly nicknamed “Little Mischief” by her father.
Pocahontas (c. 1596–1617) - Encyclopedia.com
Young Algonquian woman of the Powhatan nation who became famous for allegedly saving Captain John Smith 's life in the early days of the Jamestown colony and later as the wife of …
Pocahontas - World History Encyclopedia
Feb 15, 2021 · Pocahontas (lived circa 1596 to 1617, also known as Amonute, Matoaka) was the daughter of Wahunsenacah (lived circa 1547 - circa 1618, also known as Chief Powhatan), …