Pocahontas, for real.(how Walt Disney movie 'Pocahontas' compares to history)(includes related article)

From: U.S. News & World Report | Date: June 19, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

Visiting the Jamestown, VA, area can educate people and dispel the myths about Pocahontas, who is portrayed in a new animated film. Museums and historic sites there offer artifacts, educational exhibits and environments that honestly portray Indian and English colonial life at the time.

Indian summer comes early this year. Pocahontas, Disney's latest animation, opens nationally June 23. By, oh, June 24, America's children will be clamoring for Pocahontas keepsakes from plush animals to pillowcases upon which to dream about Indians and English settlers in 17th-century Jamestown.

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