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Video of #MickeyAndFriendsCavalcade at #Disneyland yesterday. #BrandNewDay #MinnieMouse #MickeyMouse #ChipAndDale #Pluto #Goofy #Aladdin #Jasmine #PeterPan #Pocahontas #CaptainHook #DonaldDuck #DaisyDuck

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Important Disney's Pocahontas context
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Ali Nahdee @alinahdee.bsky.social

Important context for when you show your young daughters
Disney's Pocahontas

Would you be comfortable if your nine year old daughter was abused and murdered? And then a studio aged her up and sexualized her so they could make up a love story about her and one of her abusers?

3 images of Disney's Pocahontas with the words 'she's nine' over her

~ The life of Pocahontas, part VIII ~

In 1616, the Rolfes were invited to travel to England by the Virginia Company, who had funded the 1607 expedition to establish Jamestown, on a promotional tour for the colony. The investors who had financed the expedition had finally seen a return through Rolfe’s very profitable crop. Pocahontas (now Rebecca Rolfe), a native turned 'cultivated lady', would allay the English fears that Native Americans were dangerous.

Wahunsenacah sent along his sage (and Pocahontas' brother-in-law) Tomocomo with other members of her family, and the party landed in England in June 1616. Pocahontas was an instant celebrity at the English court. She was escorted around London by aristocrats such as Lord De La Warr and his wife, met Queen Anne and King James I, and was lavishly entertained. She even sat for her portrait to be painted and an engraving was made of her to commemorate her visit. John Smith avoided meeting with her until she was about to leave, and when they met again, she criticized him harshly for failing to honor the agreements he had made with her father. She further informed him how they had been told he was dead and how this only further confirmed how little the English could be trusted.

According to some sources, Pocahontas wanted to remain in England, but this claim is challenged. Rolfe had to return to Virginia, and the party left in March 1617. They had not even left the Thames River when Pocahontas fell ill and died shortly afterwards. She was buried at Gravesend 21 March 1617. Her cause of death is usually given as something like pneumonia or tuberculosis, but it has also been suggested she was poisoned.

Illustration : Pocahontas in the court of James I of England

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Pocahontas in the court of James I of England

~ The life of Pocahontas, part IX ~

Thomas Rolfe had become ill at the same time as his mother and was left in the care of someone at Gravesend until he could be retrieved by Rolfe’s brother. Rolfe returned to Virginia, married his third wife in 1619, and died in 1622, probably in the Indian Massacre of 1622 which started the Second Powhatan War.

Upon their return from England, Tomocomo had denounced the English to his chief, and even though colonial writers claim that Tomocomo’s charges were completely discredited by colonists and he was shamed into silence, the war launched by Opchanacanough in 1622 suggests that Tomocomo’s account was taken seriously. What exactly the sage charged the English with is not known, but the Powhatans led by Opchanacanough after Wahunsenacah stepped down hardly needed any more reason for war than the many broken agreements and the expansion of the English colonies at the expense of the indigenous tribes.

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Pocahontas drawn by Staal from an American Estampe

~ The life of Pocahontas, part VII ~

The details of Pocahontas’ captivity are also debated. According to the Mattaponi version, she was treated poorly, raped, and became pregnant; Rolfe only married her to keep news of the rapes from reaching her father which would have led to greater conflict which was bad for his business. The colonist Ralph Hamor, however, claims she was treated well and given every courtesy in the home where she stayed in the colony of Henricus, north of Jamestown. Across the river from Henricus was the plantation of John Rolfe, and he met Pocahontas when he visited the settlement.

Scholars who challenge the Mattaponi version of events point to a letter Rolfe wrote to then-governor Sir Thomas Dale asking for permission to marry Pocahontas and how it would help the community at large, noting that her conversion to Christianity would inspire other natives to do the same.

Rolfe and Pocahontas were married on 5 April 1614 at Jamestown, the service presided over by the Anglican priest Richard Buck who had arrived with Rolfe. Their union ended the First Powhatan War and established the Peace of Pocahontas which would last until 1622. Pocahontas had converted to Christianity following her acceptance of Rolfe’s proposal and chose Rebecca as her baptismal name. In January 1615, their son Thomas was born and, according to Ralph Hamor, life for both the natives and the immigrants had improved dramatically since the wedding and relations were profitable for both.

Illustration : Baptism of Pocahontas, by John Gadsby Chapman

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Baptism of Pocahontas, by John Gadsby Chapman

~ The life of Pocahontas, part VI ~

The continual neediness of the colonists, coupled with a harsh policy toward the natives, led to the First Powhatan War in 1610. This conflict moved back and forth across the Virginia tidewater favoring one and then the other side. In the meantime, Pocahontas had grown up and, according to the Mattaponi, married a warrior named Kocoum, possibly one of her father’s bodyguards, and went to live with his tribe, the Patawomeck, in a village nearer to Jamestown.

By 1613, Sir Samuel Argall had taken over and maintained his predecessor’s policies toward the Powhatan. He heard that Pocahontas was nearby in the Patawomeck village and kidnapped her in 1613, killing Kocoum. The details of how this was accomplished are debated, but the colonists now had an important captive they held for ransom, demanding the return of prisoners, weapons, and supplies the Powhatans had. Wahunsenacah complied with the demands, but Pocahontas was not freed. Instead, she was told her father did not care for her and would not pay the ransom. Pocahontas only learned the truth when her sister was allowed to visit her and contradicted the colonists’ story.

Illustration : Marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe, by William M. S. Rasmussen

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Marriage of Pocahontas to John Rolfe, by William M. S. Rasmussen

~ The life of Pocahontas, part V ~

Smith’s leadership of the colony may have been imperfect, but he had kept the colonists fed, and without him, they starved through the winter of 1609-1610. The supply ship, the Sea Venture, which should have arrived from England in 1609, was shipwrecked off Bermuda that summer (later becoming the inspiration for William Shakespeare’s play The Tempest), and it took the passengers and crew almost a year to build two new ships there to bring them to Jamestown in May 1610. Onboard one of the ships was the new colonial governor, Sir Thomas Gates and John Rolfe.

Gates found the colony in a state of ruin, with only 60 colonists left alive. He ordered the colony abandoned, loaded the survivors on board, and was heading downriver when he was met by the ship of Thomas West, who ordered them about and took control of reestablishing the colony. Rolfe either arrived with, or somehow got hold of, some seeds for the plant Nicotiana tabacum – the sweet tobacco plant whose seeds were carefully guarded by the Spanish who had made a fortune from the crop – and began to cultivate tobacco. By 1611, he had his first crop, and by 1614, he was a wealthy man.

According to the Mattaponi version of events, Rolfe received the seeds from the Powhatan as well as the knowledge of how to cultivate, harvest, dry, and process the tobacco that made him rich. Tobacco use was well-known as a sacred plant used in religious rituals, for communal gatherings, to seal treaties, and as a stimulant and medicinal herb. If Rolfe did receive such instruction and his original seeds from the Powhatan, he never mentioned it to anyone else. The source of Rolfe’s seeds is still debated in the present day.

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Pocahontas Memorial Statue - William Ordway Partridge

~ The life of Pocahontas, part IV ~

Although this story is central to the standard Pocahontas tale, scholars agree that it either never happened or that the entire event was misinterpreted by Smith. If it happened at all, it was most likely a ritual through which Smith was being welcomed to the tribe through a death-and-rebirth ritual in which he faced mortality, was saved by Pocahontas playing a role, and reborn as 'Chief of the Settlers' – exactly the sort of title Wahunsenacah had in mind for him as ally. Many scholars, however, claim the event could never have happened because girls – especially those as young as Pocahontas – were not allowed to take part in or witness such rituals.

The Powhatan continued their relationship with Smith, sometimes more contentious than others, for two years until, wounded in a gunpowder explosion, he returned to England. By this time, relations between the two peoples had soured because the colonists, ill-suited for the task of settlement in a foreign land, continually asked the Powhatans for food and supplies instead of providing for themselves. Smith never told Wahunsenacah or Pocahontas that he was leaving for England; a slight she would remind him of years later in England.

Illustration : Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith

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Pocahontas saving the life of John Smith

~ The life of Pocahontas, part III ~

Pocahontas' birth name is said to have been Amonute ('gift') but later took the name Matoaka ('flower between two streams'). 'Pocahontas' was her childhood nickname translated as 'playful one' and was possibly the name of her mother. Although she is routinely referenced as the daughter of Wahunsenacah, this may have been an epithet since, as Chief Powhatan, he was regarded as the 'father' of those under his care. It is possible that the English colonists understood 'daughter' literally.

If one accepts that Pocahontas was the actual daughter of Wahunsenacah, then she would have been taken back to her mother’s village after birth to be cared for until she was weaned at which time she would have been sent to her father.It has been suggested that her mother died in childbirth and she was raised by one of Wahunsenacah’s other wives in his village.She was a member of the Mattaponi tribe, a branch of the Pamunkey, and spoke Algonquian, as did the other tribes in the confederation.

She would have been brought up to learn the traditional tasks of women in the Confederacy such as building a house, harvesting crops, cooking, weaving mats and baskets, foraging for herbs and plants,and managing financial transactions. As the daughter of the chief, she may have been given added responsibilities but greater care would have gone into watching over and protecting her.

When the English colonists established Jamestown in 1607, Chief Powhatan accepted them as he thought they might become allies against the Spanish who had raided the coastal regions.John Smith suggests that the 10-year-old Pocahontas was sent as an intermediary with only one or two escorts but this, like many of Smith’s claims, has been challenged as she would have been better protected. Contact was made between the two peoples sometime in the early summer of 1607 and Wahunsenacah provided the newcomers with food.

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Painting of Pocahontas by unknown artist

~ The life of Pocahontas, part II ~

Pocahontas' birth name is said to have been Amonute ('gift') but later took the name Matoaka ('flower between two streams').'Pocahontas' was her childhood nickname translated as 'playful one' and was possibly the name of her mother. Although she is routinely referenced as the daughter of Wahunsenacah, this may have been an epithet since,as Chief Powhatan, he was regarded as the 'father' of those under his care.It is possible that the English colonists understood 'daughter' literally.

If one accepts that Pocahontas was the actual daughter of Wahunsenacah, then she would have been taken back to her mother’s village after birth to be cared for until she was weaned at which time she would have been sent to her father. It has been suggested that her mother died in childbirth and she was raised by one of Wahunsenacah’s other wives in his village.She was a member of the Mattaponi tribe, a branch of the Pamunkey, and spoke Algonquian, as did the other tribes in the confederation.

She would have been brought up to learn the traditional tasks of women in the Confederacy such as building a house, harvesting crops, cooking, weaving mats and baskets, foraging for herbs and plants, and managing financial transactions. As the daughter of the chief, she may have been given added responsibilities but greater care would have gone into watching over and protecting her.

When the English colonists established Jamestown in 1607, Chief Powhatan accepted them as he thought they might become allies against the Spanish who had raided the coastal regions. John Smith suggests that the 10-year-old Pocahontas was sent as an intermediary with only one or two escorts but this, like many of Smith’s claims, has been challenged as she would have been better protected. Contact was made between the two peoples sometime in the early summer of 1607, and Wahunsenacah provided the newcomers with food.

#pocahontas #history #art #arthistory #painting #womenfromhistory

~ The life of Pocahontas, part I ~

Pocahontas (1596-1617, also known as Amonute, Matoaka) was the daughter of Wahunsenacah, leader of the Powhatan Confederacy in the region of modern-day Virginia, United States. She was a member of the Mattaponi-Pamunkey tribe who were members of the confederacy.

She is best known today for her association with Captain John Smith of the Jamestown Colony of Virginia, a relationship frequently characterized as a love affair, although Pocahontas would have been, at most, 12 years old and Smith around 27 at the time of their meeting. The story of her saving Smith’s life after he was captured and brought to her village is now understood as either Smith’s misinterpretation of a Powhatan ritual or a complete fabrication.

Jamestown was established by the English in 1607, and Pocahontas would have met Smith sometime that year. He returned to England in 1609, and shortly afterwards relations between the Powhatan Confederacy and the colonists deteriorated. Pocahontas was kidnapped by Sir Samuel Argall in 1613 and held for ransom at the colony of Henricus, north of Jamestown, where she converted to Christianity and changed her name to Rebecca. She met the wealthy tobacco merchant John Rolfe at Henricus whom she married in 1614. Their marriage ended the First Powhatan War (1610-1614) and established an eight-year peace.

Modern scholarship has highlighted the fact that the best-known version of her story comes from English sources, which made the most of her conversion and marriage as propaganda to encourage further colonization of North America. The Mattaponi oral tradition provides a different version of her life in which she remains closely aligned with the traditional values of her people, was never a princess, and was victimized by Rolfe and others in his circle.

Illustration : The Sedgeford Hall Portrait, believed to show Pocahontas and her son

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The Sedgeford Hall Portrait, believed to show Pocahontas and her son

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Living happily ever after? The hidden health risks of #Disney princesses

Fairytales princesses continue to be widely celebrated. The #WaltDisneyCompany has undoubtedly contributed to their popularity by producing movies based on these stories. While these films captivate young viewers, they also raise concerns about stereotyping.1 Unrealistic portrayals of relationships, as well as impossible beauty standards such as unnatural waist-to-hip ratios,2 can negatively impact girls’ self-esteem.3 To date, research has focused on the films’ effects on viewers’ health, neglecting to explore the health risks faced by the princesses themselves. Future research must consider threats to the health of #Disney princesses.

#Disney princesses face serious real world health hazards. Surprisingly, however, despite these risks they seem to live happily ever after. Disney must consider interventions to overcome these health challenges. Strategies to improve princesses’ wellbeing could include mindfulness and psychotherapy, training on cohabitation with animals, and personal protection measures against infectious agents and toxic particles. Only then can #Disney princesses start living healthily ever after.

https://www.bmj.com/content/387/bmj.q2497

#SnowWhite #Jasmine #Cinderella #Pocahontas #Aurora #Mulan #Belle #Rapunzel

My latest #poetry inspiration, is #Matoaka, born c. 1596 and also known to her native people as #Amonute. She was the daughter of #Powhatan, chief of one of the tribes of the #Tsenacommacah and is recorded by colonists in #Virginia as being fond of doing cartwheels in the marketplace as a child.

For this reason, she is known to the western world by her nickname '#Pocahontas', meaning 'playful one'.