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 ...

One key event—a three-day conference titled "Pocahontas and after: Historical culture and transatlantic encounters, 1617–2017"—was organized by the University of London School of Advanced ...

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 ...

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 ...

Celebrating Women’s History Month. Singer, musician and storyteller Maggie Hammons Parker was one of the nine Hammons family ...

The film explores the transformation of the American South from its historical roots steeped in tradition and romance to a modern landscape characterized by industrial growth and agricultural ...

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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 ...