On the last day of the conference, Chief Gray spoke at the British Library on the history of the Pamunkey. His paper was titled “Pamunkey Civil Rights and the Legacy of Pocahontas.” ...

Historians believe that the figure now more commonly called Pocahontas was born somewhere around 1596 in the part of America now known as Virginia. Her dad was a renowned Native American leader ...

Many children in the 19th century, like those of today, learned some version of the Pocahontas legend in their history lessons. They also saw her depicted in storybooks such as The Royal ...

To register your interest please contact collegesales@cambridge.org providing details of the course you are teaching. From the time of its first appearance, the story of Pocahontas has provided the ...

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History, however, tells a different and darker tale. To start, Pocahontas was just a nickname, meaning "the naughty one" or "spoiled child." Matoaka, as the Powhatan Nation's website calls her ...

But according to a 2007 book, The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History, written by Dr Linwood Custalow and Angela Daniel, Pocahontas was already married to a Native American warrior ...

Q: Why is the story of Smith and Pocahontas of profound importance to us, to American history? Silverman: The Pocahontas story, the Pocahontas myth, has traditionally been told to make Americans ...

Pocahontas has been elevated to a household name by colonial legends and a more recent Disney adaptation that tells her story.

History comes alive in this exciting animated tale of a great American heroine, an inspiring story packed with lots of action and surprises that make the pas a magical adventure for all your ...