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
What this episode covers
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
NOW PLAYING
Discovering Pocahontas with Paul Chaat Smith
No transcript for this episode yet
Similar Episodes
Jun 27, 2026 ·9m
Jun 27, 2026 ·7m
Jun 27, 2026 ·9m
Jun 27, 2026 ·16m
Jun 27, 2026 ·16m
Jun 27, 2026 ·9m