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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 “As I read the many historical documents, dissertations, literary analyses and essays about Pocahontas and her life story, I began to understand the mythical qualities European authors attributed to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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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
