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The real Pocahontas: no Disney singalongs, pet raccoons or speaking willow trees. The animated film might be more well-known than the truth, but the real Pocahontas' life wasn't lacking in drama. Nandini Das tells the true story of the Native American woman who inspired the film.

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The music featured in the clip is:
Further West by Paul Lawler
Symphony No 9 by Dvorak, performed by LSO and conducted by Sir Colin Davis

Image courtesy of The Library of Congress, from Sadlier's excelsior studies in the history of the United States, for schools published by W. H. Sadlier.