Was Pocahontas A Victim Or A Survivor? The Debate Rages On

The story of pocahontas is a tragic tale of a young native girl who was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and allegedly murdered by those who were supposed to keep her safe. Three different historians tell us that the british translated the name pocahontas. To mean little wanton, and they all comment on how most powhatan women had naked breasts and that. Sierra burris, university of minnesota [1] pocahontas is a central figure in the national. While captive in jamestown, pocahontas was raped by possibly more than one colonist an act that was incomprehensible to native americans.

John smith claimed pocahontas saved him from execution when she was just 11 or 12 years old. Whether the story happened the way smith tells itor even at allis up for. Picking up the debates on repatriation triggered by the native american graves protection and repatriation act (nagpra) of 1990, the novel has a protagonist who seeks to retrieve and. Overcoming tremendous obstacles, she played a pivotal role in the.