Pocahontas died from an illness aged just 21, which some historians think might have been due to pneumonia or dysentery. Pocahontas was laid to rest at St George's Church on 21 March, ...

In 2017, 400 years after Pocahontas’ death in 1617, the Smithsonian Channel documentary Pocahontas: Beyond the Myth strove to tell its subject’s story accurately. In the film, ...

In 1616, Pocahontas traveled with John Rolfe to England, and died of unconfirmed causes about a year later. MPI/Getty Images “John Rolfe and Pocahontas got married on April 5, 1614.

American actor Edward Norton has discovered that the real-life Pocahontas, the romanticized and mythologized 17th century daughter of a Native American chief, is his 12th great-grandmother.

His death leaves his work in jeopardy. Richard Stewart safeguarded Pocahontas Island, which lays claim to being the oldest free Black community in the country. Accessibility statement Skip to main ...

Some people accused Disney of whitewashing history — for leaving out the fact, for instance, that Pocahontas died at 21, perhaps of smallpox, after being taken to London and paraded around as an ...