Who was the child of a famous Native American chief?
Pocahontas was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, a famous Native American chief in Virginia.
In this photo President Calvin Coolidge was being made a Sioux Chief in 1927. He was not, however, the child of Chief Powhatan, a famous Native American Chief -- that would be Pocahontas.
TOP CREDIT: "Portrait of Pocahontas, from painting by Wm. Sheppard." Copyright between 1900 and 1920. Touring Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company, 1880-1920, Library of Congress.
BOTTOM CREDIT: "President Coolidge being made Sioux Chief by Henry Standing Bear." c1927. Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929, Library of Congress.
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