The Pamunkey tribe played “a vital role” with English colonists who arrived at Jamestown in 1607, according to the group’s ...

Based in 1607, Disney depicts Pocahontas as the stunning and free-spirited daughter of Chief Powhatan (voiced by Russell Means). Her tribe lives in what is now known as Virginia and works together ...

He reportedly sought to use Pocahontas, the daughter of the chief, as a means to prevent attacks from certain Indigenous tribes and is thought to have made promises to the chief about her ...

Members of tribes from the US state of Virginia that count Pocahontas among their ancestors said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump should not use her name for political gain. The historical ...

We do know that Pocahontas was born Matoaka, the favored daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of the Powhatan Confederacy of Tidewater Algonquian tribes. "Pocahontas" is a pet name meaning ...

In the Disney film, Pocahontas resisted being married to brave warrior Kocoum. But in reality, as far as historians can surmise, Matoaka was married and had a child with a member of another tribe ...