On March 21, 1617, a 21-year-old woman from Virginia’s Pamunkey tribe died at Gravesend, England. She went by many names—Matoaka, Amonute, and, at her passing, Rebecca—but she’s best remembered today ...

During a ceremony honoring Native American code-talkers on Monday, President Donald Trump referred to Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren as "Pocahontas," a reference to a Native American woman born ...

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The name Pocahontas has been used as a synonym in reference to a Native American woman, and recently, as what some see as an insult or even a slur. So, who was Pocahontas? Her short life and the ...

In this video segment adapted from NOVA, explore the popular story of how Pocahontas, a young Native American, fell in love with John Smith, an English colonist. When Smith was captured, Pocahontas ...

As the nation turns to elections in 2020, one person has emerged as the front-runner in the imagination of the electorate, if not in reality. I'm speaking, of course, about Pocahontas. Over 400 years ...

Pocahontas is the most myth-encrusted figure in early America, a romantic “princess” who saves John Smith and the struggling Jamestown colony. But this fairy tale, familiar to millions today from ...

“Pocahontas is one of those historical characters who comes across to us eternally embalmed in some legend rather than a person in her own right and in her own humanity.” Noel B. Gerson Pocahontas is ...

The PBS series Finding Your Roots traced Edward Norton's ancestry back to 17th-century Virginia Tommy McArdle is a Writer-Reporter on the Movies team at PEOPLE. He joined the brand in 2022. Edward ...