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Matoaka was the real name of the woman known today as Pocahontas. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the primary chief of a powerful confederacy in Virginia, comprised mostly of Algonquin speaking tribes. The word Pocahontas is reputed to mean "daughter" in the Algonquin language.
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