Be warned, spoilers are just ahead. Based in 1607, Disney depicts Pocahontas as the stunning and free-spirited daughter of Chief Powhatan (voiced by Russell Means). Her tribe lives in what is now ...
Most tribes in Virginia were historically part of the Powhatan Confederacy in the Tidewater area of Virginia, which was governed by Chief Powhatan (Wahunsenakah) when the Europeans arrived in 1607.
Her dad was a renowned Native American leader know as Chief Powhatan who was in charge of a group of tribes in the area. Many Native American tribes didn’t just have names like Clive or Veronica ...
The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter of Chief Powhatan, saves English adventurer John Smith from execution when British relations with the "savages" in the New World turned sour.