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LECTURE (2011): “English Myth-Making and Indian Reality: Early English Stereotypes of the Virginia Indians” examines the perceptions of Virginia Indians by early English colonists and the reality behind those stereotypes.
Lecture by Helen Rountree
“English Myth-Making and Indian Reality: Early English Stereotypes of the Virginia Indians”
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Helen C. Rountree examines the perceptions of Virginia Indians by early English colonists in the 17th century, the Virginia Indian reality behind those stereotypes, and views that persist about the culture in society today.
Dr. Rountree is widely acknowledged as one of the leading researchers and writers on Virginia Indians and East Coast tribes. Dr. Rountree is the author of nine books, including “Pocahontas, Powhatan, and Opechancanough: Three Indian Lives Changed by Jamestown” and “Pocahontas’s People: The Powhatan Indians of Virginia Through Four Centuries.”