Pocahontas

by Allen, Paula Gunn

• ISBN13: 9780060730604
• ISBN10: 0060730609
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

In striking counterpoint to the conventional account, Pocahontas is a bold biography that tells the extraordinary story of the beloved Indian maiden from a Native American perspective. Dr. Paula Gunn Allen, the acknowledged founder of Native American literary studies, draws on sources often overlooked by Western historians and offers remarkable new insights into the adventurous life and sacred role of this foremost American heroine. Gunn Allen reveals why so many have revered Pocahontas as the female counterpart to the father of our nation, George Washington.

Author Biography

Paula Gunn Allen, Ph.D., is an American of Laguna Pueblo/Metis descent and professor emerita of English and American Indian studies at UCLA

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Chronology	p. xi
Oo-maa'o / Introduction	p. 1
Apowa / Dream-Vision	p. 25
Pocahontas / Mischief	p. 83
Manito Aki / Faerie	p. 135
Apook / The Esteemed Weed	p. 195
Tapacoh / At the End of the Day	p. 253
John Rolfe's Letter to Master Thomas Dale	p. 307
John Smith's Letter to Queen Anne	p. 313
Don Diego de Molina's Letter to King Philip of Spain, 1613	p. 317
Notes	p. 323
Glossary	p. 333
Bibliography	p. 337
Index	p. 343
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