“You know Pocahontas. She has her mother's spirit. She goes wherever the wind takes her.”
―Kekata
Pocahontas is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1995 animated feature film of the same name. She is the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the leader of a Native American tribe in Virginia. With a willfully bold spirit, she formed a forbidden friendship with an English settler named John Smith, with whom she would fall in love. Unfortunately, a difference in values sparks a war between the natives and settlers, endangering her home. Inspired by her love for Smith, she is driven to bring peace and unity to the two worlds before a battle can unfold.
Pocahontas is the seventh official Disney Princess and the first one to be based on an actual person.
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Pocahontas is the first Disney protagonist to be of Native American descent, before Kuzco and Kenai. Of the three she's the only one who is based on a real person, and female