Simon Van de Passe, Pocahontas (1624). Courtesy of the British Library.

Antonio Capellano, Preservation of Captain Smith by Pocahontas, 1606 (1825).  Courtesy of Architect of the Capitol.

John Gadsby Chapman, Baptism of Pocahontas (1840). Courtesy of Architect of the Capitol.

New Eng. Chromo. Lith. Co.., Pocahontas saving the life of Capt. John Smith (1870). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Strassberg, San Diego, 3/4 lgth., portrait of young woman wearing Indian costume, autographed "Greetings to Mr. Barrett from Pocahontas of the ground-breaking celebration, San Diego, 1911" (1911). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

William Ordway Partridge, Pocahontas Statue (1922). Courtesy of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.

Paula Gunn Allen, "POCAHONTAS TO HER ENGLISH HUSBAND, JOHN ROLFE," FROM LIFE IS A FATAL DISEASE: COLLECTED POEMS 1962-1995 (1978-1979) Copyright © 1997 by Paula Gunn Allen. Reprinted with permission of West End Press, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Walt Disney Productions, Still from Disney movie “Pocahontas” showing Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (1995). Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures / PhotoFest.

W.D. Cooper, Americans throwing the cargoes of the Teaships into the river, at Boston (1789). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

The Hatch Lith. Co. N.Y.,  Harris, Beebe & Co.: The Pocahontas Chewing Tobacco (1868). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Richard Rummels; American Colortype Co., N.Y., Pocahontas at the court of King James (1907). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Unknown, Pocahontas Saving the Life of John Smith (1874). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

John McRae, The marriage of Pocahontas (n.d.). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

H. Schile, Smith rescued by Pocahontas (1870). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Constantino Brumidi, Captain Smith and Pocahontas (1878–89). Courtesy of Architect of the Capitol.

Unknown, Landing of Columbus (n.d.). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Nicholas Hillard, Portrait of an unknown lady (n.d.). Courtesy of Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Art Resource.

John Cameron, Washington crossing the Delaware: on the evening of Dec 25th. 1776, previous to the battle of Trenton (1876). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

John Vanderlyn, Landing of Columbus (1847). Courtesy of Architect of the Capitol.

Baron Adolf De Meyer, Three-quarter length portrait of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney) wearing a jeweled gown and tiara and holding a peacock feather fan (1917). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Philippe Hébert and Henri Hébert, STATUE OF EVANGELINE IN GRAND PRE, NOVA SCOTIA (1920). Photo from the Société Promotion Grand-Pré and François Gaudet.

Walt Disney Productions, Still from Disney movie “Mulan” (1998). Courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures / PhotoFest.

Nicholas Gevelot, William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1682 (1827). Courtesy of Architect of the Capitol.

Radical Women (Seattle, Washington), Public forum: Native American women in action: many fronts, one struggle (1976). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Unknown, "Boston tea-party." Three cargoes of tea destroyed. Dec. 16, 1773 (1903). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

G. Katzenberger, Alamo Grand March (1883). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

Percy Moran, Battle of the Alamo (1912). Courtesy of the Library of Congress.