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As the daughter of a Native American Tsenacommacah-paramount chief of the Powhatan paramountcy, Pocahontas is the first American Disney Princess. Pocahontas is voiced by Native American actress Irene Bedard in the 1995 film, its 1998 sequel, and all related media. Bedard also served as one of the physical models for the character. Pocahontas ...
Pocahontas is the most well-known example of a Native American woman in mainstream media, and the reception of the 1995 film she stars in has been controversial. Despite Disney's claims that the Pocahontas franchise was meant to counter prejudice and create cooperation, critics have argued that the storyline contains unacceptable historical ...
In September 1992, Disney began casting actors for Pocahontas telling talent agents that they were particularly interested in Native American actors for the project. [48] For the role of Pocahontas, Broadway actress-singer Judy Kuhn was hired to provide the singing voice for the eponymous character before Irene Bedard was cast. Kuhn explained ...
Depictions of Native Americans in 'Peter Pan' have been fraught with controversy. Now Disney plans to update all the figurines in the Neverland Tribe scene of its Peter Pan's Flight ride across ...
This is the list of fictional Native Americans from notable works of fiction (literatures, films, television shows, video games, etc.). It is organized by the examples of the fictional indigenous peoples of North America: the United States, Canada and Mexico, ones that are the historical figures and others that are modern.
Little Hiawatha returned as a regular feature in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories starting with issue #143 (August 1952), [6] and by the end of the year, he got his own one-shot comic: Four Color #439 (December 1952). [7] In Europe, locally drawn Hiawatha comics ran in the local Donald Duck comic magazines well into the 21st century. [8]
Irene Bedard (born July 22, 1967) is an Alaska Native actor, who has played mostly Native American lead roles in a variety of films. She is perhaps best known for the role of Suzy Song in the 1998 film Smoke Signals, [2] an adaptation of a Sherman Alexie collection of short stories, as well as for providing the speaking voice for the titular character in the 1995 animated film Pocahontas.
Will Moseley of south Georgia scored a spot in the "American Idol" finals on Sunday with songs from "Toy Story 4" and "D3: The Mighty Ducks."