Originally Posted by Docha

Pocahants means tomboy.

She was allowed to hunt and compete with the boys.

Most tribes even accepted gays and such too believing a female spirit could be born into a male body and vice versa. It was great spirits plan and they were often considered spiritual.

There's many things that we miss when we generalize the whole.

One of the best authors that I have come across is Bobby Lake-Thom. He did great with explaining the basics. If your really interested I would start there.