Thanksgiving is often linked to the original 1621 feast between the pilgrims and Native Americans at Plymouth.

However, 15 years earlier, a young Native American girl named Pocahontas played a pivotal role in the survival of another colony called Jamestown.

Pocahontas helped English settlers through brutal winters by bringing them food, but her story is far from the Disney version.

In 1613, she was kidnapped by the English, converted to Christianity, and took on the biblical name of Rebecca. Soon after, she married tobacco planter John Rolfe, which is the first interracial marriage recorded in North American history.

In 1616, she traveled to England with her husband, where she was presented as evidence for the potential of civilizing Native Americans.

In 1907, this postage stamp of Pocahontas was issued, commemorating 300 years since the founding of Jamestown. She was depicted wearing English clothing instead of her native attire, stripping her of her heritage and the significant role her people played in the survival of the English columnists.