It was the first of many depictions of Pocahontas intended to demonstrate that a Native American could adopt ... ideal of beauty than a 17th-century Powhatan Indian. If she had never been abducted ...

Historians believe that the figure now more commonly called Pocahontas was born ... Her dad was a renowned Native American leader know as Chief Powhatan who was in charge of a group of tribes ...

This adored movie highlighted the relationship between the Native American woman ... When Chief Powhatan captures Smith and moves to execute him, Pocahontas saves him in the famous scene by ...

In Disney's recent version of the Pocahontas ... upon native people for sustenance. And indeed, that's the strategy they intended to follow. Q: How much did they know about the Powhatan people ...

Though nobility radiates from her resolute eyes, Pocahontas couldn't be more different ... The hair is European brown not Native American black; the intensity in the eyes has softened.

Pocahontas is the most myth-encrusted figure in early America, a romantic “princess” who saves John Smith and the struggling Jamestown colony. But this fairy tale, familiar to millions today ...

Her powerful father, Chief Powhatan (Russell Means), disapproves ... Meanwhile, Smith's fellow Englishmen hope to rob the Native Americans of their gold. Can Pocahontas' love for Smith save ...

Pocahontas was a Native American woman from the Powhatan tribe, born in the late 16th century in what is now Virginia, USA. She is best known for her association with English settlers at Jamestown ...

I erected a life-size bronze statue at Waterworks Visual Art Gallery here in Salisbury. We have had plenty of positive ...

In 1995, Disney introduced children everywhere to a Native American princess married 400 years ago today - Pocahontas. The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan ...

People are only just learning a Disney villain was based on a real person - and died one of the most horrific deaths ever.