Pocahontas, the eleven-year-old daughter of the Powhatan chief Mamanatowic, acts with wisdom and compassion in an effort to bring about an understanding between her people and the colonists who have come to settle in Virginia in the seventeenth century. Told in the alternating voices of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith.
Provides an overview of the past and present lives of the Powhatan people, tracing their customs, family life, history, culture, and relations with the United States government.
Presents a study of the early Powhatans who lived along what is now Virginia and Maryland and discusses early English settlement, traditional native life, religious ceremonies, conflicts with settlers, and the eventual decline of the Powhatans.
Near Jamestown in 1622, a young English boy and the son of a Powhatan Indian chief find themselves caught up in the growing animosity between their peoples.
