The True Story of Pocahontas elders inviting us into a world

inviting us into a world we might never have known

the Echota family has been suspended in private grief

the vital deep dialogues

Author Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert brings a Hopi perspective to this history

From his first job as physician at Pine Ridge Agency

The True Story of Pocahontas elders inviting us into a worldThe other side of history. For the first time in 400 years, the true story of Pocahontas is revealed by her own people. This important book shares the sacred and previously unpublished oral history of the Mattaponi tribe and their memories of 17th century Jamestown that have been passed down from generation to generation. Dr. Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow was born on the Mattaponi Reservation in West Point, the eldest son of Chief Daniel Webster