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The author recounts her introduction to Pocahontas and further study later. “As I read the many historical documents, dissertations, literary analyses and essays about Pocahontas and her life story, I began to understand the mythical qualities European authors attributed to her. I also began to see the comical misinterpretations European writers had of some Indian traditions, adoption ceremonies, and especially women’s ceremonies.”
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History in the First Person: Always valued in the Native world, oral history gains respect among Western scholars
In recent years, some mainstream universities, colleges, and museums have followed the lead of tribal institutions and begun to acknowledge the value of oral information.
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Pocahontas
As a girl, Pocahontas saved the life of Captain John Smith. Nearly four hundred years later, she continues to shape the nation’s image of American Indians
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Making Indians Disappear: A Native American historian’s views regarding the treatment of Indians in American history
A native American historian argues that scholars have tried to erase Indians from America’s history.
