The text in the oval frame encircling Pocahontas's portrait reads, "MATOAKA AĽS REBECCA FILIA POTENTISS: PRINC: POWHATANI IMP: VIRGINIÆ." The text below her portrait reads: "Matoaks als Rebecka ...

The tale of the legendary Pocahontas remains one of the most researched and well-documented instances of Native American history. While historians have long dug into the life of Pocahontas, the 1995 ...

So ‘Pocahontas’ was actually born as Amonute, but was usually known as Matoaka which means ‘the flower between two streams’. In Disney’s cartoon version of the story (and elsewhere ...

At that time, the pond was re-named Matoaka--after Chief Powhatan's daughter whose nickname was Pocahontas. By the late 1980s, poor water quality associated with multiple sewage spills into the ...

To start, Pocahontas was just a nickname, meaning "the naughty one" or "spoiled child." Matoaka, as the Powhatan Nation's website calls her, was taken prisoner at age 17 while on a social visit to ...

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 ...