What do Native Americans think of Pocahontas and Sacajawea?

They are largely just characters used in stories of European or Euro-American origin. If you look at Pocahontas, she was specifically used by Europeans as a literary devise. read more

Pocahontas and Sacagawea. Both, in their own ways, helped relations between Native Americans and the European explorers who ventured into their lands. They were both capable, independent women who showed their bravery in various circumstance. read more

Disney’s Pocahontas gives just enough of a flogging to the “real” bad guys to leave the non-native viewers coming away feeling as though they’ve done the good work of recognizing their own faults, while the pain of forced assimilation and erasure continues for the Powhatan Nation and others. read more