Gregory D. Smithers

Gregory D. Smithers is an associate professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University. He is the author of The Cherokee Diaspora: An Indigenous History of Migration, Resettlement, and Identity.

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The Enduring Legacy of the Pocahontas Myth

Four hundred years after her death, misperceptions of the Native American icon continue to shape the cultural image of indigenous peoples—though that’s starting to change.
- Gregory D. Smithers
- March 21, 2017