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FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Pocahontas is the only Native American whose portrait is painted in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This regal portrait, painted by the renowned artist Thomas Sully, seemed a fitting treatment of the woman who had come to be called the “mother” of the nation by the 1850s.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pocahontas | National Portrait Gallery.

Detailed explanation-3: -Her primary name at birth was Amonute, and her secondary name was Matoaka, meaning “flower between two streams.” The heartbreaking life of Pocahontas was one of tragedy and violence-the story of a young girl who was brutally raped, kidnapped, and allegedly murdered by those who were meant to keep her safe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Light shines on the kneeling figure of Pocahontas, daughter of the Virginia Indian chief Powhatan, and on Reverend Alexander Whitaker, the minister officiating at her baptism into the Christian faith.

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