The site of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park was purchased by the State of West Virginia in January 1928. It was dedicated on July 4, 1929, as a shrine to the casualties of the battle fought ...

Additionally, the filmmakers declined to consult the Powhatan Renape Nation, according to Chief Roy Crazy Horse, who roundly criticized Disney's Pocahontas for its inaccuracies.

The Powhatan chief’s daughter befriended colonists, endured kidnapping, crossed oceans, and became an exotic "princess"—only to die mysteriously. This is the story of Pocahontas, a Native ...

We do know that Pocahontas was born Matoaka, the favored daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of Tidewater Algonquian tribes. "Pocahontas" is a pet name meaning ...

Following her capture, Pocahontas was taken to Jamestown and later to a small English settlement called Henrico, near present-day Richmond. Her father, Powhatan, agreed to negotiate with the ...

Historians have now largely debunked the notion that Pocahontas saved colonial soldier and explorer John Smith from execution by her father, Powhatan Chief Wahunsenacawh.

Past Auction Walt Disney Studios Pocahontas John Smith, Chief Powhatan, Medicine Man Kekata, and Tribe Members "Savages" Early Storyboard Sequence of 10 (Walt Disney, 1995)., 1995 11 x 6.25 in. (27.9 ...

Pocahontas was the favorite daughter of Powhatan, the formidable chief of more than 30 Algonquian -speaking tribes that lived in and around the area claimed by English settlers as Jamestown ...

That’s one fact that Disney and the history books had correct.” As for future generations, Pagano hopes they’ll regard Pocahontas as a brilliant, strong, and curious person.

Disney's Pocahontas was based on true story of the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief of the Powhatan Confederacy, a group of Algonquian-speaking tribes in Virginia.

The Powhatan and the English were at war, and to weaken Wahunsenaca, the chief of the Powhatan people and Pocahontas's father, the English hatched a plan to kidnap his daughter.