Pocahontas is the daughter of the Native American chieftain, Chief Powhatan. She is a strong and independent woman who helps lead the tribe alongside her father and is very kind to everyone.
When the British arrive in Virginia, they treat the Indians like savages. Pocahontas meets John Smith and tells him about Native American life and how they treasure nature and that no one owns the land.
Through the song “Colors of the Wind”, he explains how we are all the same despite the color of our skin, and how nature is important as well as showing the wisdom that he had learned over the years with his tribe. She says that animals are her friends and that even trees and rocks must be respected. John and Pocahontas fall in love and John realizes his point. Unfortunately, the Indians and the British quarrel and Chief Powhatan tells them to stay away from the “white skins”.
John tells the other settlers that there is no gold where the Indians live, but they don’t believe him. The Indians begin preparing to fight the settlers, so she runs to tell John. Pocahontas and John are discovered by the Indians and John is taken away to be executed. She convinces her father to let John go free, but the British come and attack Chief Powhatan anyway. John saves the Chief and is sent back to Britain, says goodbye with his love, whom the other Brits call the “noble savage”.