Whether or not you will appreciate this book will largely depend on whether or not you understand how oral and literary history work I’ve seen a lot of reviews that complain about “bias” and “hostility” towards the European versions of Pocahontas and the founding of the Virgin I picked up this book after seeing some discourse online about Disney’s Pocahontas and the difference between the European version of events and Indigenous oral histories. Someone recommended this book, so I gave it a go. I picked up this book after seeing some discourse online about Disney’s Pocahontas and the difference between the European version of events and Indigenous oral histories. Knowing what actually happened hundreds of years ago is difficult.more
I think there are aspects of this book that are true but also aspects of the traditional history that are true as well.
However, I think the REAL true story lies somewhere in the middle. I have found that when people aren't too sure of the truthfulness of their argument they tend to repeat themselves in a futile attempt to be convincing. Which to me is a real possibility.Īlso, the book was very repetitive.
#WHAT TRIBE WAS POCAHONTAS FROM FREE#
When talking about the reasons why Pocahontas might have joined the Christian faith they listed almost every reason except for her actually believing and converting of her own free will. There is definitely a bias by the authors. I can see that some of the events may have happened in the way that they portray, but sometimes it seemed a little unbelievable. I have found that when people aren't t This was an interesting book. I will post more information and links, as well as books that could be of help in this project next week.This was an interesting book. This project will take in more than just the Virginia tribes list, as many of the original tribes, over time, consolidated into the few remaining Virginia tribes that are recognized today. I am already working with one of the other Projects that have English families who married into this tribe. If anyone would like to work on this project and associated families, please let me know. I plan of working on this project with a few of my family who are not on Geni, but are members and historians of the tribes that are associated to the Powhatan tribe and their living history. Due to the fact that many of the family line associated with this family have nothing more then oral histories to go on, this project will take some time. There has been much debate as to who the real Pocahontas was, this project it to help find those answers for family members. This project is to help sort out all of the family members of this family line. The Powhatan Tribe, Chief Powhatan and Pocahontas