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Beyond Disney: A 1616 portrait of Pocahontas shows how English colonizers saw Indigenous Americans
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An analysis of a 1616 portrait of Pocahontas by Simon van de Passe, examining how English colonizers depicted Indigenous Americans and contrasting the historical figure with the Disney animated film version.
Beyond Disney: A 1616 portrait of Pocahontas shows how English colonizers saw Indigenous Americans
Simon van de Passe's 1616 engraving of Pocahontas is the only known portrait made during her lifetime. National Portrait Gallery/Wikimedia Commons
Thanks to the Walt Disney Company, Pocahontas may be the most famous Native American who lived in the 17th century. The animated film version of her early life included her speaking with a willow tree, befriending animals, singing about “the colors of the wind,” and being caught up in an ill-fated romance with Captain John Smith.
The 1995 film created
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