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    Drive for Diversity Program to Host Twenty-Six Candidates at the 2008 Drive for Diversity Combine Presented by Sunoco  Oct 5, 2008
    -- Trista Stevenson (Pocahontas, Ill. raced a partial schedule in the Late Model division at the Music City Motorplex in Nashville, Tenn. (PR Newswire)

    Paragould Personalities ...  Aug 3, 2008
    Kenneth Swan was born in the Fender community east of Pocahontas on July 3, 1931 ... Swan taught seven years in the Pocahontas School District and taught one year at Walnut Ridge High School. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)

    Covered Bonds Can Rebuild America  Jul 29, 2008
    Notably, the loans for public-private partnership infrastructure projects like the Chicago Skyway, the Indiana Toll Road, the San Diego Toll Road and the Pocahontas Parkway in Virginia all came from European, not U.S., banks. As we search for ways to improve America's outdated--and in some cases, failing--infrastructure, we must look to creative mechanisms to address the very real question of how to pay for it in the most cost-effective manner. (Forbes)

    Walking on air  Jul 26, 2008
    " Back at the beginning of June, I posted a in my column asking for ideas for family videos that might be a little off the beaten track. I knew readers would be interested; it's a nearly universal question. What can parents, kids of various ages and other adults watch together during the inevitable summer-vacation downtime, without recycling the usual Disneyfied computer-animated spectacles or some product of the George Lucas universe? I've got nothing against Buzz Lightyear or the Ewoks,... (Salon)

    The saga of George W. Batman  Jul 23, 2008
    If I can't come up with something more interesting (not to mention less nauseating) than "The Little Mermaid" or "Pocahontas" on family movie night, I'm just about a worthless pop.. Andrew O'Hehir. (Salon)

    Chateau Frontenac  Jun 22, 2008
    It's Cirque du Soleil meets Pocahontas meets Bob Marley, all tumbling and drumming along the waterfront like a reunion of every bizarre dream I've ever had. Spending an entire year blowing out its 400 candles has transformed the usually conservative capital of the Canadian province of Quebec into a surreal party town, especially during the opening night street bash. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Coal country malaise claims ex-boomtown's school  Jun 8, 2008
    The slideshow is part of an annual send-off for the Pocahontas High School senior class a week before graduation, but the 23 juniors were honored as well this year ... Pocahontas High, - total enrollment 186, including middle schoolers - is shutting its doors after 99 years ... Closing Pocahontas High may be one more step toward erasing a community that was put on the map for coal miners in the 19th century and once boasted 5,000 residents and a bawdy reputation; the town had 28 saloons and four... (ABC 7 News, DC)

    Golf: Anderson gearing up for title defenses  Jun 4, 2008
    The Pocahontas native and West Des Moines resident is the three-time defending champion of the Interstate Amateur Championship, which celebrates its 72nd birthday Saturday and Sunday at Two Rivers Golf Club. Then, the following weekend, he'll defend his title in the Sioux Valley Amateur Match Play Championship at Cherokee Golf ry Club. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Rural Developments  May 24, 2008
    6 million to help establish or supplement revolving loan funds with Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative in Estherville, Access Energy Cooperative in Mount Pleasant, Osceola Electric Cooperative in Sibley, North West Rural Electric Cooperative in Orange City, the City of Pocahontas' Municipal Electric Utility and the City of Hawarden's Municipal Utilities. Specific businesses and communities receiving funds include Iowa Lakes Community College, Henry Country Industrial Development Corporation,... (Missouri Valley Times News, IA)

    The generation of 'damaged' girls  May 2, 2008
    Disney's Little Mermaid or Pocahontas "which have more cleavage, fewer clothes and are depicted as sexier than characters of yesteryear" are also picked out. "The consequences of the sexualisation of girls in media today are very real and are likely to be a negative influence on girls' healthy development," said Eileen Zurbriggen, the APA's task force chairman. (Yahoo News -- Sex & Sexuality)

    No swan cygnets to release this year, but wild bird sightings stir optimism  Mar 26, 2008
    The committee retains five flightless pairs of resident birds, which winter on the Swan Pond site and are relocated to area ponds in Buena Vista, Pocahontas and Sac counties each spring to allow for nesting. "We are gearing up for that process as soon as the ice is out," Kirkholm said. (Storm Lake Pilot Tribune, IA)

    Flood Victims Begin A Cautious Cleanup  Mar 24, 2008
    A tributary of the White River, the Black River, ruptured a levee in two places Saturday near Pocahontas, said Renee Preslar, a spokeswoman for the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management ... Corps of Engineers spokesman P.J. Spaul said the levee near Pocahontas was built in the 1940s. (CBS News)

    Forecasters Warn of Arkansas Flooding  Mar 24, 2008
    Spokeswoman Renee Preslar said the break was fueled by water pouring in from soaked southeastern Missouri, flooding outlying areas to the south of Pocahontas. Arkansas emergency management officials have said early estimates for statewide damage to homes, businesses and infrastructure was at $2 million, though that figure was expected to grow. (ABC 7 News, DC)

    Missouri Levee Keeps Flood Waters Back  Mar 23, 2008
    The Black River at Pocahontas, Ark. was projected to crest Monday at 26. (ABC 7 News, DC)

    Myths Abound in 'The New World' (5)  Mar 9, 2008
    " Malick, after all, is a legendary auteur, while Disney is, well, Disney.Logical, perhaps, but wrong. For though stylistically the films are worlds apart, there are uncomfortable similarities in the romanticized history each offers.Take the costume notions, for one. In both movies, Pocahontas sports an off-the-shoulder, midriff-baring little number, complete with strategic slits to show off her toned thighs. Sexy? Quite. But historical? Um, no. And while Malick's film doesn't have a chatty... (Malibu Times, CA)

    Tales from America's past  Mar 7, 2008
    Taking a page from Cooper's book, Pattison makes his Iroquois so noble, even in the face of gross treachery, they could join Disney's "Pocahontas" in a chorus of "Colors of the Wind." Grade: B. Pinkerton's Secret, by Eric Lerner (Henry Holt). (Christian Science Monitor)

    Rising to the Braille Challenge  Feb 29, 2008
    She says her favorite song in chorus is Colors of the Wind from the Disney movie Pocahontas. She loves her pet cat Kacey, and says she was not really nervous or scared during the Braille Challenge. (Georgetown Record, MA)

    It happened here, years ago  Feb 28, 2008
    In other news, Pollard-native Kathy Coyle of Pocahontas was named as an Outstanding Young Woman in America. The 1972 PHS grad was a teacher at Maynard at the time. (The Piggott Times, AR)

    Transurban likes Nth America  Feb 24, 2008
    Launched last year, the unlisted DRIVe fund owns Transurban's first foray into the US tollroad market, the Pocahontas Parkway, a 14 kilometre highway that forms part of the bypass around the city of Richmond in Virginia ... Transurban sold the Pocahontas Parkway into DRIVe for $US236 million and the fund is committed to building a 2. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Disney Composer Looking for Fifth Oscar  Feb 18, 2008
    " Then again, Menken and his late co-writer Howard Ashman got three 1991 nods for "Beauty and the Beast," and won for the title tune. Menken, 58, also has Oscars for co-writing "Under the Sea" from "The Little Mermaid,""A Whole New World" from "Aladdin" and "Colors of the Wind" from "Pocahontas. " Those four Oscars "live in my studio, and they're all in a cabinet," Menken said. "And I occasionally let them out and let people hold them. (ABC 7 News, DC)

    Speaker hopes to dispel some myths dealing with American Indians  Feb 13, 2008
    Green will give a talk titled Pocahontas, Sacagawea and Eskimo Barbie: The Myth America Pageant Revisited at 7:30 p.m. today at Winona State University s Science Laboratory Center Auditorium ... WHAT: Pocahontas, Sacagawea and Eskimo Barbie: The Myth America Pageant Revisited, presented by Rayna Green. (Winona Daily News, MN)

    More of this story  Jan 3, 2008
    The Hamburg High School Quiz Bowl won the state championship, defeating Pocahontas 245 to 180, in the state finals on Sunday, April 22. Team members included Jacob Dorman, Jay Porter, Quentin Gayfield, Josh Lovett, Trayvin Ross, Kelly Zeigler, Drew Foote, M. J. Sartin, Korey Johnson and Chantel Moseby. (Hamburg Ashley County Ledger, AR)

    Innovative $1.4bn HOT Lane Project Reaches Financial Close  Dec 21, 2007
    4 billion company with interests in seven key toll roads in Australia and the US, including Pocahontas Parkway in Richmond, Virginia. Transurban is proud to be included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as one of the world's most sustainable companies. (PR Newswire)

    Critic's corner  Dec 14, 2007
    ON DEMAND Pocahontas. ComcastMore politically correct than dramatic, this Disney animation doesn't match such predecessors as "Aladdin" and "The Little Mermaid." Too quick to preach about ecological despoiling by greedy, arrogant English explorers, it's too slow to amuse - and pallid besides. (Boston Globe)

    The Root of the Problem  Dec 13, 2007
    Pocahontas and John Smith were fascinated with each other, and it saved the colony. In this unsettled, formative phase, the Africans worked side by side with white indentured servants whose physical hardships and treatment were largely similar to their own. (Time.com)

    Cosmonaut back after near-miss in BC  Nov 22, 2007
    Pure Clan, the unbeaten winner of the Pocahontas Stakes, looks like a solid favorite with Julien Leparoux to ride. Her main challengers are Sunday Holiday, third in both the Frizette and Tempted, and Turn Away, a flashy winner of her career debut on opening day for trainer Bobby Frankel. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)

    Colonial Christmas Traditions  Nov 18, 2007
    Captain John Smith (of Pocahontas fame) celebrated one of the earliest Christmases in Virginia by feasting on wild game, oysters and fish. As the colonies of the mid Atlantic became more established, Christmas grew more elaborate. (Suite101.com)

    Forbes: River key to region’s future  Nov 3, 2007
    The project aims to reopen a stretch of the river between Pocahontas Island and downtown. The Appomattox could then be cruised from Hopewell to Petersburg. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)

    Oregon Recreation Report  Oct 20, 2007
    Best locations to view deer are along Pocahontas Road west of Baker City and Highway 86 between Baker City and Richland. While traveling Highway 86, observe the many beaver dams that have been recently created on the Powder River. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)

    Capitol Hill Flag Flap Ends With a Win For Eagle Scout  Oct 13, 2007
    The architect of the Capitol has custodial care of the Capitol itself, which has in the House Chamber and the Senate Chamber the words "in God we trust" and, of course, in the rotunda, there is the monumental painting honoring the baptism of Pocahontas. And as the architect goes through their custodial care, if they were permitted to determine if the word "God" was is objectionable, then certainly it places all those at risk. (FOX News)

    September 13-30, 2007, Obituaries  Sep 20, 2007
    she was a beautician and a member of Parkway Baptist Temple and the Pocahontas Chapter No. 165 Order of Eastern Star. She was preceded in death by her great-grandson, Dakota Randolph; son, Nicole Burke; daughter, Tracy Burke. (WWalker County Messenger, GA)

    A Mirror to Ourselves  Sep 3, 2007
    He was captured by the Powhatan Indians and according to legend was saved from execution by Pocahontas, one of the many daughters of the chief ... The actual story is that Pocahontas grew up to marry John Rolfe, a colonist who established a popular strain of tobacco in Jamestown, the first big money-making crop of the founding community ... He was captured by the Powhatan Indians and according to legend was saved from execution by Pocahontas, one of the many daughters of the chief. (Townhall.com)

    A Reader’s Manifesto  Aug 31, 2007
    They came in twos and threes, dressed in the fashionable Disney costumes of the year, Lion King, Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, or in the costumes of televised superheroes, Protean, shape-shifting, thus arrayed, in twos and threes, complaining it was too hot with the mask on, Hey, I'm really hot. lugging those orange plastic buckets, bartering, haggling with one another, Gimme your Smarties, please. (The Atlantic Online)

    Edwards Attacks `Robber Barons,' Corporate Lobbyists to Win Voters in Iowa  Aug 17, 2007
    We need to take back America from the Washington insiders running the country,'' he said Aug. 14 in Pocahontas, Iowa. Earlier in the week, Edwards told a crowd in Perry, about 40 miles northwest of Des Moines, that health-care costs remain high because ``we have not taken on and beaten down the drug companies and insurance companies. (Bloomberg -- US)

    Edwards, wife to visit Charles City  Aug 10, 2007
    Charles City Press - News. Friday, August 10, 2007. (Charles City Press, IO)

    Edwards ‘Fighting For One America’ tour to stop in Charles City, Osage  Aug 2, 2007
    TUESDAY, AUG. 14 Sioux City, Ida Grove, Rockwell City, Pocahontas, Clarion and Clear Lake. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15 Manly, Osage, Charles City, Waterloo and Waverly. (Charles City Press, IO)

    READ MORE >  Jul 24, 2007
    The trek inspired the 1999 movie, which was shot in Laurens and nearby Pocahontas County locations. "People come from California, from all over, to see the mower," Chaffee said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)

    Park climate study urges new measures  Jul 16, 2007
    At Jamestown Island, a historic park where America began with John Smith and Pocahontas, officials are currently celebrating a 400-year birthday. By the 500th, much of the park is expected to be under water. (Missoulian, MT)

    Taliban commander warns terror coming...  Jul 14, 2007
    The Blotter: Exclusive: Terror Commander: New Attack Will Dwarf Failed Bomb Plot. TOP BLOTTER CATEGORIES. (The Drudge Report)

    Habitat loss turning out lights on fireflies  Jul 14, 2007
    Helping at a national student science camp in rural Pocahontas County, W.Va. taught him the impact of fireflies. (The Daily Reflector)

    Arkansas: Let me map it out for you  Jul 6, 2007
    It was slim Pickens at first for the Pilgrims, but thanks to Friendship with Indians like Pocahontas and Powhatan, they did Okay. The Indians gave the Pilgrims some Samples of pemmican and Possum Grape, while Josiah Samples entertained the Indians with his show, Hee Haweth. (Buffalo Reflex, MO)

    Relearning history  Jun 26, 2007
    Jamestown is also known for its story of Pocahontas who saved Capt. Smith's life several times (according to his journals). Other journals refute this story, so again, who knows about some of these historical "facts?". (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)

    Weekend Guide  Jun 21, 2007
    LEGEND OF POCAHONTAS Johnny Appleseed Children's Theater, Apple Hill Playhouse, Manor Road, Delmont. Ends Fri. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    And The Nominees Are...  Jun 19, 2007
    Based on actual accounts of the Jamestown settlement from 1607 to 1617, Jamestown features historical characters including John Smith, Pocahontas, and others enacting an imaginative re-version of life in the pioneer colony. In this retelling, Pocahontas's father Powhatan is half-Falstaff, half-Henry V, while his consigliere is a psychiatrist named Sidney Feingold. (WNBC.com, NY)

    Being dairy princess left lasting impression on Kaitlyn Coughenour  Jun 16, 2007
    She is the daughter of Richard and Jackie Coughenour of the Pocahontas area, where Kaitlyn and her brother, Bradley, help everyday with the responsibility of an operating dairy farm. Kaitlyn herself owns 17 dairy cows and shows her cows through White Oak 4-H Club and Meyersdale Future Farmers of America (FFA) Chapter, where she has served as president for both organizations this past year. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    Monument says 'Honor Your Father and Mother that Thy Days May Be Long'  Jun 16, 2007
    The monument will stand on the grounds of Fort Pocahontas, part of the historic Virginia estate of Harrison Tyler, the grandson of the nation's 10th president, and the grand marshal for Vision Forum's week-long program of celebration. The 300th anniversary Jamestown monument. (WorldNetDaily)

    40th anniversary welcomes former dairy princesses  Jun 9, 2007
    Kaitlyn is the daughter of Jackie and Rick Coughenour of the Pocahontas area and they own and operate a dairy farm. erving as dairy princess has taken me out of my comfort zone continuously and allowed me to promote the industry I love so much, said Kaitlyn during her farewell speech. (Somerset Daily American, PA)

    Tri-City area commemorates Juneteenth this month  Jun 4, 2007
    PETERSBURG Juneteenth aims to bring people together, but the fledging local celebration has hit a potpole as it moves the event onto Pocahontas Island next week ... But the decision to relocate to Pocahontas Island has raised concerns that the crowds, traffic and potential vandalism will harm the area s elderly residents ... Richard A. Stewart, a lifelong resident and the unofficial mayor of Pocahontas Island, is opposed to the move. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)

    Clyde Robert Bulla, at 93; was children's book author  May 28, 2007
    LOS ANGELES -- Clyde Robert Bulla, a prolific writer who captivated young readers for decades with his stories of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Pocahontas, and other historical figures, as well as tales of contemporary boys and girls, died Wednesday at his home in Warrensburg, Mo ... "Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims," "Pocahontas and the Strangers," "A Lion to Guard Us" and "Charlie's House" depicted Colonial America through the eyes of children. (Boston Globe)

    Clyde R. Bulla, 93; wrote more than 60 children's books  May 27, 2007
    By Claire Noland, Times Staff Writer May 27, 2007 Clyde Robert Bulla, a prolific writer who captivated young readers for decades with his stories of Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Pocahontas and other historical figures as well as tales of contemporary boys and girls, died Wednesday at his home in Warrensburg, Mo ... "Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims," "Pocahontas and the Strangers," "A Lion to Guard Us" and "Charlie's House" depicted colonial America through the eyes of children. (Los Angeles Times)

    Survey: Being biracial is hard in Davis  May 23, 2007
    The student researchers noted that biracial marriage in America goes back at least as far as 1614, when Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe of the Jamestown colony. The student researchers found that while biracial students are becoming more numerous in 2007, they still ot asked a lot, What are you. (Davis Enterprise, CA)

    Beyond tradition: selections from'Changing Hands' exhibit  May 21, 2007
    "There's a whole lot of complicated psychology behind the commercial exploitation of the sexuality of the alluring, exotic Indian maiden ... why they would use this image to sell their stuff and why they think it helps them to sell their stuff. "A lot of it ties into America's love/hate relationship with Indian people, the exaggerated black-or-white version of Indians as either bloodthirsty savages or the noble warrior/beautiful exotic Pocahontas. "Indians aren't just this or that. They're... (Anchorage Daily News)

    Jamestown's quadricentennial bash may be past, but the commemorations, exhibits and festivals go on. Click for the story and for a related VIDEO.  May 21, 2007
    Through Tuesday, the new Godspeed replica will continue the "Journey up the James" it began last month, landing in Henricus--where Pocahontas married English settler John Rolfe, the man who kicked off Virginia's tobacco boom ... At the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond, "Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend" ends June 24. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)

    Dunlap women perform key work on cancer guide  May 18, 2007
    Tricia is a native of Pocahontas, Iowa, and holds a bachelor's degree from University of Northern Iowa and a master's in business administration from Northwest Missouri State. Tricia and her husband Jay, have two children, Conlan, a kindergartener at Boyer Valley Elementary, and Kylee, who attends Cindie Shaben's preschool. (Dunlap Reporter, IA)

    Anniversary reminds Va. Indians of long struggle against persecution  May 13, 2007
    Many people know the story of the Jamestown settlers and how they were helped by Chief Powhatan and his daughter, Pocahontas. Disney spun the tale into an animated Hollywood movie, but much of the tribes' interaction with Europeans would not make suitable viewing for children. (Boston Globe)

    A few days too late  May 13, 2007
    She, like most of the other prepubescent females in the Powhatan villages, had the common nickname Pocahontas, which referred to female genitalia ... It was not until 1622 in Smith s second version of his Virginia adventures ( The New England Trials ) that he remembered that his life was saved by the Indian Princess called Pocahontas during this imprisonment. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)

    Virginia Indian leaders cautiously optimistic about recognition.  May 13, 2007
    It turns out that President Bush, who will speak at the America's 400th Anniversary event today in Jamestown, is related to Pocahontas. His eighth great-grandfather, Robert Bolling, married Jane Rolfe, who was Pocahontas' granddaughter, according to Megan Smolenyak of Ancestry ... But it would have made for all-too-perfect historical symmetry if Bush, Pocahontas' great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-stepgrandson, had pulled a signed bill out of his pocket today granting... (Fredericksburg.com, VA)

    Savage Kingdom  May 8, 2007
    Pocahontas and Captain John Smith by Elmer Boyd Smith/The New York Public Library/Art Resource, N.Y.. Before the Pilgrims, a 'Savage' Jamestown. (Christian Science Monitor)

    - Benjamin Woolley  May 8, 2007
    Meanwhile, in Jamestown the festivities got under way without a Native American in sight, the only hint being a white drama teacher from a local school dressed as Pocahontas. Fifty years on, the picture is very different. (Guardian Unlimited)

    Location leads to history  May 6, 2007
    Its first president came from Pocahontas Island, a community within Petersburg. Later, sophisticated free communities in Petersburg came together and built churches and schools and operated a kind of insurance activity. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)

    Exclusive: Doug Phillips dispels 'new mythology' including revision of Pocahontas story  May 5, 2007
    Dr. Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow, author of "The True Story of Pocahontas," not only hopes to be personally introduced this week to the queen, but wants Her Majesty to formally apologize for the British role in Jamestown ... And it's even more insidious than the absurd portrayal of a provocative Pocahontas and her environmentally conscious animal kingdom presented by Walt Disney ... The mythology has even crept its way into the visitor centers of Jamestown where you can buy Dr. Custalow's... (WorldNetDaily)

    Virginia celebrates royal arrival  May 4, 2007
    Earlier, after a dance/chant performance, representatives of the Indian tribes presented her with a reproduction of the Pocahontas Brooch (the original is at Jamestown), a blue onyx cameo that, legend has it, was carved for Pocahontas when she moved to London after marrying John Rolfe. The queen's walkabout, a favorite of royal visits, lasted about 20 minutes under lowering skies. (USA Today -- Life)

    Historical Fact and Fiction: All Gone to Look for America  May 3, 2007
    In reality, Jamestown's relations with the Indians were mostly appalling - notwithstanding the tale of the Indian princess Pocahontas who supposedly saved the life of the settler John Smith by hurling her body across his as her father, Powhatan, was about to execute him ... The Pocahontas 'story' -- a mirage ... Even the Pocahontas story itself - portrayed in the 1994 Walt Disney cartoon film - is a mirage too. (Ocnus.net)

    The Real Jamestown Colony  Apr 30, 2007
    Make no mistake, this was not Disney's version of Jamestown with its singing Pocahontas and tow-headed John Smith. There was a Pocahontas daughter of the great Chief Powhatan and there certainly was a John Smith ... And here's where the real Pocahontas comes in. (CBS News -- US)

    Jamestown settlement history no bedtime story  Apr 29, 2007
    Rolfe hit history's daily double; he's also remembered as the settler who married Pocahontas, whom settlers abducted as a bargaining chip with increasingly hostile Indians led by her father, Chief Powhatan. Jamestown also laid the foundation for two more of American history's less exalted experiences: grabbing Indian land and using African slaves to work it. (AZCentral -- News)

    Mapping an inner world  Apr 27, 2007
    Its inventively written from various points of view, including a futuristic version of Pocahontas. Jim Craces The Pesthouse (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, $24. (Herald-Tribune)

    'Political Correctness' Threatens Jamestown Event  Apr 27, 2007
    There was also a discussion on the settlers ecological habits earning the glorious accolade for Jamestown as the "origin of environmental injustice in America." Lets not forget that two self-professed "Native Americans," are also selling a new book called "The True Story of Pocahontas." It is allegedly a wonderful addition to the misery of what was thought would be a day of importance in modern American history by depicting the colonists as murderers, rapists, slavers and thieves ... In... (Newsmax)

    Inventing America  Apr 27, 2007
    The Virginia colony had John Smith, Pocahontas, slavery, famine, battles and a great Indian chief ... The wreck of a reinforcement expedition in Bermuda inspired Shakespeare's magic play, The Tempest (1611), complete with Caliban, a savage aboriginal; a passage in one of John Smith's many promotional tracts inspired a verse in Peggy Lee's song Fever (1958)--"Captain Smith and Pocahontas had a very mad affair." In reality, Jamestown was a hardheaded business proposition. (Time.com)

    The end is near!  Apr 25, 2007
    Its inventively written from various points of view, including a futuristic version of Pocahontas ... Its inventively written from various points of view, including a futuristic version of Pocahontas. (Herald-Tribune)

    Hap at the film fest  Apr 24, 2007
    OK, a little puzzling was the choice of Q Orianka Kilcher, the beautiful teen who played Pocahontas in Terrence Malick s The New World a couple of years ago and, judging from the career clips of her one prominent film, has not done another movie since. She got the Shooting Star award for promising newcomer, but her selection was surely more about her willingness to come to Palm Beach and accept the award. (The Palm Beach Post)

    Crowning Achievement  Apr 9, 2007
    One student called her Pocahontas. I wasn t the cookie-cutter image, she said. (Scranton Times, PA)

    As 400th Nears, Jamestown Elementary Honors Namesake  Apr 5, 2007
    California's curriculum mentions Pocahontas in kindergarten and Smith in fifth grade ... Some have staged interviews with students playing such historical figures as Pocahontas and King James I.. (ABC 7 News, DC)

    Extra! Extra! Read all about our contest winners  Apr 3, 2007
    Historical figures Lake Country students "interviewed" included Laura Ingalls Wilder, Pocahontas, Helen Keller, Abe Lincoln and Neil Armstrong, to name a few. Several students wrote about Brett Favre's return for another season with the Green Bay Packers. (Lake Country Reporter, WI)

    MONA CHAREN: Permission to celebrate Jamestown's 400th?  Apr 2, 2007
    He memorably explained to the settlers that "He who does not work will not eat." And, as every schoolchild used to know, he believed that Pocahontas saved his life when her father captured him. Black slavery was actually still several decades in the future when Jamestown was founded. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    Permission to Celebrate Jamestown?  Mar 30, 2007
    He memorably explained to the settlers that "He who does not work will not eat." And, as every schoolchild used to know, he believed that Pocahontas saved his life when her father captured him ... He memorably explained to the settlers that "He who does not work will not eat." And, as every schoolchild used to know, he believed that Pocahontas saved his life when her father captured him. (Townhall.com)

    Political Correctness: Jamestown Matters  Mar 28, 2007
    And Pocahontas' real life story, which must include her integration into London society, is more interesting than the Disney version. But to the politicized historians who would take the joy out of Jamestown's 400th birthday party, the grim ordeal of the original colonists is no match for the indignities suffered by the aboriginal population of Virginia, another cursed European name. (Investors Business Daily)

    Exclusive: Chuck Norris pummels efforts to stifle 400th anniversary of Jamestown  Mar 26, 2007
    WorldNetDaily: Pocahontas' perfect politically correct party ... Pocahontas' perfect politically correct party ... (Though an Indian-English relationship, the wedding between Pocahontas and John Rolfe, is still celebrated by many as America's first interracial marriage. (WorldNetDaily)

    Celebrating Jamestown, door to America  Mar 25, 2007
    David A. Price, author of Love and Hate in Jamestown, said Virginia and Southern history became tangled in the Civil War, knocking down Smith and Pocahontas a few notches in the American consciousness. Most importantly,'' Price wrote in an e-mail, ``we look back on the Plymouth colonists and see an idealized, sepia-tinted version of ourselves -- hardworking, earnest, seeking religious liberty. (The Miami Herald)

    Your e-mails  Mar 22, 2007
    It does seem like there has been anything but, including other cultures in leading roles such as Pocahontas (Native American), Mulan (Asian) and of course European or white ... There wasn't nearly as much press when Mulan, Pocahontas or Aladdin were released, so why should this be any different. (CNN -- Showbiz)

    Doug Phillips combats revisionists who portray Christian settlers as savages  Mar 16, 2007
    Students can even log on to the official Colonial Williamsburg site for articles that insist that Pocahontas was "forcibly converted" to Christ and that the Jamestown settlers were predisposed toward cannibalism because they craved human flesh. The message of the Jamestown revisionists is clear: Christian settlers were vicious savages, genocidal murderers and environmental terrorists. (WorldNetDaily)

    Virgin territories  Mar 11, 2007
    The irresistible tale of Pocahontas, inserted into the imaginations of a generation of children by the corny Disney cartoon and re-imagined for adults in Terrence Malick's more complex film The New World , occupies the cultural space where early Virginia should be ... And, if he does not manage to dislodge Pocahontas from the imaginative centre of the story, Woolley does at least manage to help us understand why her story was so useful ... The story of the marriage of Pocahontas to the colonist... (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    Princess and Prisoner PUBLIC-RELATIONS PLOY: "The sponsors of the Jamestown colony saw marketing possibilities in this regal, converted, English-speaking princess," wrote John F. Ross in Smithsonian magazine. "Luring new colonists to Jamestown and finding investors for the venture was a hard sell. What better 'poster girl' than Pocahontas?" Pocahontas' image has always reflected what people wanted to see  Mar 3, 2007
    "Luring new colonists to Jamestown and finding investors for the venture was a hard sell. What better 'poster girl' than Pocahontas?" Pocahontas' image has always reflected what people wanted to see ... "Luring new colonists to Jamestown and finding investors for the venture was a hard sell. What better 'poster girl' than Pocahontas?" Pocahontas' image has always reflected what people wanted to see ... These days, Pocahontas may be best known from her comely character in The Disney Co.'s popular... (Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, VA)

    Pocahontas the star of Jamestown's 400th  Mar 3, 2007
    Shawn Moore places a plaque on a display of a bust of Pocahontas at the Virginia Historical Society's new exhibit in Richmond, Va. The exhibit takes a look at the traditional view of Pocahontas as well as a new view of her legacy ... In her 22 years, Pocahontas left a legacy that endures in history texts, in stone relief at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and in a beguiling parable about the settlement of Jamestown by commerce-minded explorers. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Jamestown's 400th stirs a new view of Pocahontas  Mar 3, 2007
    In her 22 years, Pocahontas left a legacy that endures in history texts, in stone relief at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda and in a beguiling parable about the settlement of Jamestown by commerce-minded explorers ... Some Virginia Indians, too, are speaking out on what they say is the true story of Pocahontas, drawing from oral histories ... "This is more personal," said Angela L. Daniel "Silver Star," an anthropologist who co-authored a new book, "The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of... (CNN -- Travel)

    Snowshoe to host off-road race series  Mar 1, 2007
    On June 23-24, the Pocahontas County resort will host the eighth stop in the 13-round Can-Am Grand National Cross Country (GNCC) racing series. The event, which makes use of a 10-mile loop course, is expected to draw more than 1,200 racers and at least 6,000 spectators. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)

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