Summary: Pocahontas is an American icon and one of the most elusive figures in history. For centuries, what we knew about her came from the written record of the Jamestown colonists. All that changed in 2007 with the publishing of the Mattaponi tribe’s oral history of her life. The book has caused a lot of controversy but it has also shed light on one of history’s most celebrated and misunderstood individuals. Click here to play the Chickcast.Subscribe via Itunes.Download an mp3 or other formats here.
