The movie Pocahontas is exciting as well as educational. However Disney's use of creativity ion this movie outnumbers the facts. The movie is accurate in a few ways. The traditions of the Indian tribes depicted in the movie accurately reflect how they lived in the colonial times. Powhatan actually was the leader of a tribe and Pocahontas was his daughter. Also the Indian village of Powhatan and James Fort did exist and is accurately described …
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…to Jamestown, nor was he a governor. He was however the second president of the colony. Finally we can safely say that the friends of Smith and Pocahontas are made up though the names of the people fit the time period. History remains history and although research into the topic is done, movie makers will always be movie makers and Disney will always find a way to add a creative and appealing touch to it.