Pocahontas was a nickname given to Amonute by her father. Matoaka was her private name, which she revealed to the English colonists. Rebecca was the Christian name she received when she was baptized.

The actual Pocahontas was also known as Amonute and Matoaka. It is believed that she was born around 1596 and was indeed the daughter of Chief Powhatan, another true component.

Prior to acquisition of the original charter for William & Mary in 1693, Lake Matoaka was an open watercourse of streams and wetlands known as Archer's Hope Swamp. Some time between 1700 and 1750 this ...

Why is this work relevant for Creative Effectiveness? Muskrat Magazine's "Missing Matoaka", the true story of Pocahontas, challenges the false and harmful "Indian Princess" stereotype portrayed in ...

Historians believe that the figure now more commonly called Pocahontas was born somewhere around 1596 in the part of America now known as Virginia. Her dad was a renowned Native American leader ...

In 1995, Disney introduced children everywhere to a Native American princess married 400 years ago today - Pocahontas. The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan ...

Muskrat Magazine, a magazine brand, launched Missing Matoaka in Canada via an alternative audio track that corrects the harmful stereotypes and inaccuracies portrayed in Disney's Pocahontas in a way ...