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  1. Pocahontas - Wikipedia

    Pocahontas (1995), a Walt Disney Company animated feature, one of the Disney Princess films, and the most well known adaptation of the Pocahontas story. The film presents a fictional …

  2. Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend - U.S. National Park Service

    Most notably, Pocahontas has left an indelible impression that has endured for more than 400 years. And yet, many people who know her name do not know much about her. Pocahontas …

  3. Pocahontas | Biography, Cultural Legacy, & Facts | Britannica

    Pocahontas, Powhatan woman who fostered peace between English colonists and Native Americans by befriending the settlers at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and eventually …

  4. Pocahontas - National Women's History Museum

    Among the most famous women in early American history, Pocahontas is credited with helping the struggling English settlers survive.

  5. Pocahontas - World History Encyclopedia

    Feb 15, 2021 · Pocahontas (lived circa 1596 to 1617, also known as Amonute, Matoaka) was the daughter of Wahunsenacah (lived circa 1547 - circa 1618, also known as Chief Powhatan), …

  6. Pocahontas | National Museum of the American Indian

    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 …

  7. Who was Pocahontas? | Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, VA

    Pocahontas was a nickname meaning “playful one,” given to her by her father. Her formal names were Amonute and Matoaka. Paramount chief Powhatan had numerous wives, and …

  8. Pocahontas (c. 1596–1617) - Encyclopedia.com

    Young Algonquian woman of the Powhatan nation who became famous for allegedly saving Captain John Smith 's life in the early days of the Jamestown colony and later as the wife of …

  9. The Westport Library Resource Guides: The Real Pocahontas: About

    Sep 5, 2025 · Learn the real story of Pocahontas, the Native American woman of the Powhatan tribe, who played a pivotal role in bridging cultures and fostering peace between her people …

  10. Pocahontas - HISTORY

    Oct 29, 2009 · Pocahontas was a Native American woman born around 1595. She was the daughter of the powerful Chief Powhatan, the ruler of the Powhatan tribal nation, which at its …