Pocahontas: separating fact and fiction

An article in The New York Times on Pocahontas and the inaccuracies in the way she and other Native Americans are portrayed in movies quotes John Mohawk, director of indigenous studies, who said "Pocahontas was not romantically involved with John Smith. John Smith was one of those guys who used to go around writing stories that made him look glamorous. That was a tradition in those days. He spun this fancy tale about how this beautiful maiden saved him, but it was all bunkum." Go to article.