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EPISODE · Aug 13, 2019 · 23 MIN

Discovering Pocahontas with Paul Chaat Smith

from PORTRAITS · host National Portrait Gallery

If the 1995 animated Disney film is your guide, Pocahontas was a free-spirited Native American heroine who sang to the wind. So why is she dressed like European royalty in her painting at the National Portrait Gallery? Curator and author Paul Chaat Smith separates out what we know and what we think we know about this iconic figure. Check out the portraits we discuss on our website: https://npg.si.edu/podcasts/pondering-pocahontas

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