When Holly Johnson pictures Pocahontas, she sees Disney’s animated version from the 1995 film — long black hair, small tan dress and a red tattoo wrapped around her upper arm. But as the 13-year-old ...

The Jamestown Settlement will offer a fresh take on a historic figure in the “Pocahontas Imagined” special exhibit, which runs Saturday through Jan. 28. The exhibit will highlight the different and ...

She has the saintly glow of Joan of Arc, the enigmatic aura of the Mona Lisa and more personas than Madonna. In her 22 years, Pocahontas left a legacy that endures in history texts, in stone relief at ...

2006-10-15 04:00:00 PDT Jamestown, Va.-- If history were fair, I was thinking as I left Jamestown, Va., last month, Pocahontas would be on Mount Rushmore, and so would John Smith. They deserved it.

GRAVESEND, England -- Pocahontas, the Indian princess who helped the English colonists in Jamestown, Virginia, is buried in this riverside town east of London. She died here in 1617 while trying to ...

With the holidays just barely in the rearview, more than a few people are likely in the midst of embarking on a gifted journey through Ancestry.com, learning new curios about their line and (hopefully ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On March 21, 1617, a 21-year-old woman from Virginia’s Pamunkey tribe died at Gravesend, England. She went by many names—Matoaka, Amonute, and, at her passing, Rebecca—but she’s best remembered today ...

In the spring of 1616, John and Rebecca Rolfe (better known to the world today as Pocahontas) left Virginia for England — a voyage from which she would never return. Whether you first learned of ...

Edward Norton has discovered that Pocahontas is his 12th great-grandmother. This week, the 53-year-old actor appeared on the season nine premiere of Finding Your Roots, during which he learned that ...