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We are starting with a kidnapping and it doesn't get any better... matter of fact, we can still see how his kidnapping plays out today. We are finishing Pocahontas' story and asking ourselves, "what would she want her story to be today?"References: 1. The American Mercury can be read online at: http://www.unz.com/print/AmMercury Sources:  Encyclopedia Britannica. (2018). Pocahontas. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pocahontas-Powhatan-princess   Folio. Arber 1910, pp. II:805–916. Five years before the publication a shorter version of this autobiography was published in Purchas 1625, pp. II:1361–70 in a chapter entitled"The Travels and Aduentures of Captaine IOHN SMITH in diuers parts of the world, begun about the yeere 1596."   Graham, B. & Vollenwieder, S. (2017, December 23). Pocahontas. History Chicks. Podcast retrieved from Podbean   Major, S. (2017, February 6 ). Episode #36 - Did pocahontas really save john smith?. Our Fake History. Podcast retrieved from Podbean  Major, S. (2017, February 6 ). Episode #35 - Did pocahontas really save john smith?. Our Fake History. Podcast retrieved from Podbean National Park Services & U.S. Department of the Interior. (2018). Pocahontas: Her life and legend. Retrieved from  https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/pocahontas-her-life-and-legend.htm     Rolfe, J. (2003). Letter from John Rolfe, 1614. Retrieved from http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/aj/id/4897     Townshend, C. (2004). Pocahontas and the powhatan dilemma. New York : Hill and Wang.      Weiser, J. (2016, June 21). 36B - Pocahontas: Between Two Streams. Myths and Legends. Podcast retrieved from Podbean Weiser, J. (2017, June 14). 36A  - Pocahontas: The empire business. Myths and Legends. Podcast retrieved from Podbean     Wikipedia. (2018). Racial integrity act of 1924. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act_of_1924 Wikipedia. (2018). Pocahontas. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas Wikepedia. (2018). Powhatan [Powhataton builds his chiefdom]. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan#Powhatan_builds_his_chiefdom        

Wake up children, your fantasy of Pocahontas as a high diving, love-struck Disney princess is over!Mentions: 1. The American Mercury can be read online at: http://www.unz.com/print/AmMercury 2. John Smith's bullshit Turkish Princess story reminds Anna of a the Danish(not Irish) medieval ballad entitled Hellelil and Hildebrand. Check out this beautiful depiction of the story from the Irish National Gallery: https://www.nationalgallery.ie/art-and-artists/highlights-collection/hellelil-and-hildebrand-meeting-turret-stairs-fredericSources: Encyclopedia Britannica. (2018). Pocahontas. Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pocahontas-Powhatan-princess   Folio. Arber 1910, pp. II:805–916. Five years before the publication a shorter version of this autobiography was published in Purchas 1625, pp. II:1361–70 in a chapter entitled"The Travels and Aduentures of Captaine IOHN SMITH in diuers parts of the world, begun about the yeere 1596."   Graham, B. & Vollenwieder, S. (2017, December 23). Pocahontas. History Chicks. Podcast retrieved from Podbean   Major, S. (2017, February 6 ). Episode #36 - Did pocahontas really save john smith?. Our Fake History. Podcast retrieved from Podbean  National Park Services & U.S. Department of the Interior. (2018). Pocahontas: Her life and legend. Retrieved from  https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/pocahontas-her-life-and-legend.htm     Rolfe, J. (2003). Letter from John Rolfe, 1614. Retrieved from http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/aj/id/4897     Townshend, C. (2004). Pocahontas and the Powhatan Dilemma. New York : Hill and Wang.      Weiser, J. (2016, June 21). 36B - Pocahontas: Between Two Streams. Myths and Legends. Podcast retrieved from Podbean Weiser, J. (2017, June 14). 36A  - Pocahontas: The empire business. Myths and Legends. Podcast retrieved from Podbean     Wikipedia. (2018). Racial integrity act of 1924. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_Integrity_Act_of_1924 Wikipedia. (2018). Pocahontas. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas Wikepedia. (2018). Powhatan [Powhataton builds his chiefdom]. Retrieved from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powhatan#Powhatan_builds_his_chiefdom