3.2 Pocahontas II: Journey to a New Worldĭevelopment Conception and writing Ī portrait engraving of the actual Pocahontas.įollowing his directorial debut with The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Mike Gabriel happened upon an image of Pocahontas in a history book and decided that he wanted to pitch a film about her to Disney executives.Pocahontas is the seventh member of the Disney Princess line-up and the franchise's first Indigenous American member. She is voiced by and modeled after Native American actress Irene Bedard and her singing vocals were performed by Broadway singer Judy Kuhn in both films. Pocahontas is also the first Disney Princess to have two love interests. Pocahontas, as the daughter of a Native American paramount chief of the Powhatan paramountcy, is the first American Disney Princess. The character and the events she goes through are loosely based on the actual historical figure Pocahontas. Pocahontas is the title character of Disney's 33rd animated feature film Pocahontas (1995), and its direct-to-video sequel Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998). Pocahontas as she appears in Disney's Pocahontas.

Pocahontas (character)