“Missing Matoaka” tells the true story of Pocahontas from an Indigenous perspective

A powerful new project created by a team of Indigenous creators presents an alternative audio track to a film made about Pocahontas, correcting the stereotypes and historical inaccuracies that perpetuate a romance between an “Indian Princess” and a dashing European explorer. Instead, “Missing Matoaka” tells the much darker true story about one of the first documented missing and murdered First Nations woman. The project was developed for Indigenous arts and culture publication MUSKRAT Magazine by BBDO Canada. The Indigenous team of creators includes Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee-Cree writers from Chippewas of…

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