In Disney's recent version of the Pocahontas story, as in countless iterations before it, John Smith appears as a dashing romantic hero, smitten by the Indian "princess." Their relationship ...

So ‘Pocahontas’ was actually born as Amonute, but was usually known as Matoaka which means ‘the flower between two streams’. In Disney’s cartoon version of the story (and elsewhere ...

This is the Disney animated tale of the romance between a young Native American woman named Pocahontas (Irene Bedard) and Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson), who journeyed to the New World with other ...

A small group of black railroad workers at the Pitts Camp near Marlinton, West Virginia. These young men were employed by the ...

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 misinformation ...

A Walt Disney animated film series based on a real historic character, based on the known history and also the folklore and legend that surround the Native American woman Pocahontas, and features ...

Disney and Allure Bridals has unveiled a new collection of fairy tale wedding dresses that feature color hues that pay ...