#Matoaka #Amonute #RealPocahontas #IndigenousTruth #DecolonizeHistory #NativeHistory #HonorHerTruth #IndigenousWomen #TellTheTruth #Powhatan #womenshistory

My latest #poetry inspiration, is #Matoaka, born c. 1596 and also known to her native people as #Amonute. She was the daughter of #Powhatan, chief of one of the tribes of the #Tsenacommacah and is recorded by colonists in #Virginia as being fond of doing cartwheels in the marketplace as a child.