The tale of the legendary Pocahontas remains one of the most researched and well-documented instances of Native American history. While historians have long dug into the life of Pocahontas, the 1995 ...

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Powhatan County has hired a new Fire & Rescue Chief. Powhatan County announced its hire of David “DJ” C. Johnston as the new Fire & Rescue Chief, effective on ...

The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan, saves English adventurer John Smith from execution when British relations with the "savages" in the New World turned sour.

Most tribes in Virginia were historically part of the Powhatan Confederacy in the Tidewater area of Virginia, which was governed by Chief Powhatan (Wahunsenakah) when the Europeans arrived in 1607.

Her dad was a renowned Native American leader know as Chief Powhatan who was in charge of a group of tribes in the area. Many Native American tribes didn’t just have names like Clive or Veronica ...

Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan (Russell Means), disapproves of their relationship and wants her to marry a native warrior. Meanwhile, Smith's fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native ...