Brenda Rodriguez
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Pocahontas Images The new world and the old world had their differences, however the one thing they had in common was Pocahontas. In 1607, she took up the role of creating a relationship between the Indigenous Peoples and people of England. In 1612, her abduction by Captain Argall set in motion Pocahontas's new journey into the new world, forever changing her identity to the world. In 1616 Simon van de Passe created a portrait depicting Pocahontas's new Virginian features for the propaganda tour. Then in 1907, William Ordway Partridge created a friendlier native Pocahontas statute. Even though both images are Pocahontas, they look like two different people. Although it's possible Pocahontas …show more content…
In order to push their propaganda on effective Native American assimilation, she was in high-end English attire and posed as if though she was royalty to change the original idea of what her kind was to look like. They were trying to show the public that they had done what people thought weren't possible, and that was successful Native American assimilation. Therefore, this would create support and funding for the project at Jamestown. However, in the 1907 statue created of Pocahontas, she was wearing traditional Native American attire. Although it was a statue to honor Pocahontas in Jamestown it was still portrayed in a way to lure tourists to see the heroic Indigenous woman who risked her life to save a colonist and created peace between the people. For tourists to get that feeling from the statute, they created a powerful image of Pocahontas.
The statute of Pocahontas has her standing high and mighty with her palms up, as though she was welcoming you with open arms, symbolize peace and acceptance. The statute symbolizes her open-mindedness and her leadership while dealing with the tension between the settlers and the Powhatans. In Pocahontas's 1616 portrait she seems postured and tense. Since she was now reborn into Rebecca she posed as a civilized Christian woman with no trace of indigenous in her. This was to show to the people, that
0806144
3/6/17 Primary Source #1
Pocahontas Images The new world and the old world had their differences, however the one thing they had in common was Pocahontas. In 1607, she took up the role of creating a relationship between the Indigenous Peoples and people of England. In 1612, her abduction by Captain Argall set in motion Pocahontas's new journey into the new world, forever changing her identity to the world. In 1616 Simon van de Passe created a portrait depicting Pocahontas's new Virginian features for the propaganda tour. Then in 1907, William Ordway Partridge created a friendlier native Pocahontas statute. Even though both images are Pocahontas, they look like two different people. Although it's possible Pocahontas …show more content…
In order to push their propaganda on effective Native American assimilation, she was in high-end English attire and posed as if though she was royalty to change the original idea of what her kind was to look like. They were trying to show the public that they had done what people thought weren't possible, and that was successful Native American assimilation. Therefore, this would create support and funding for the project at Jamestown. However, in the 1907 statue created of Pocahontas, she was wearing traditional Native American attire. Although it was a statue to honor Pocahontas in Jamestown it was still portrayed in a way to lure tourists to see the heroic Indigenous woman who risked her life to save a colonist and created peace between the people. For tourists to get that feeling from the statute, they created a powerful image of Pocahontas.
The statute of Pocahontas has her standing high and mighty with her palms up, as though she was welcoming you with open arms, symbolize peace and acceptance. The statute symbolizes her open-mindedness and her leadership while dealing with the tension between the settlers and the Powhatans. In Pocahontas's 1616 portrait she seems postured and tense. Since she was now reborn into Rebecca she posed as a civilized Christian woman with no trace of indigenous in her. This was to show to the people, that