1. Pocahontas: Native American stereotypes in a Disney Movie
What we do know about the early years of Pocahontas comes from sources left by the English settlers of Jamestown. Born around 1596, Pocahontas was the favorite daughter of Powhatan, the leader of the Powhatan Confederacy, an alliance of Indian tribes and villages stretching from the Potomac River to the Tidewater region of Virginia. ... According to the legends, Pocahontas helped save the Jamestown colony from extinction twice. ... Pocahontas the Kings dearest daughter, when no intreaty could prevaile, got his head in her armes, and laid her owne vpon his to saue him from death-. ... So D...
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