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161 o After Pocahontas’ death, war resumes <br />162 o Takeaways: <br />163 Bridge between two cultures <br />164 Story of peace <br />165 Powhatan Version of Events <br />166 o Pocahontas name <br />167 o 1607: Native people offer to help starving colonists <br />168 o Early interaction between Pocahontas <br />169 Pocahontas could not have/did not save John Smith <br />170 o 1609 – 1610: Colonists starve <br />171 o 1610 – 1613: Tensions/fighting occurs between the Powhatan and colonists <br />172 o 1912 – 1913: Pocahontas marries Koccum, has a child <br />173 o 1614: Pocahontas kidnapped, husband killed and forced to give up her first child <br />174 o 1616: Marriage to Rolfe, child Thomas born <br />175 o 1616: Trip to England. We can “civilize” Native Americans. During her time in <br />176 England Pocahontas learned that England plans to send many more settlers to grow <br />177 tobacco. She says that she will tell her tribe of these plans. <br />178 o 1617: Pocahontas dies. Speculation that she may have been killed before she returned <br />179 to the United States in order to prevent her from providing her tribe with the <br />180 information she learned while in England. <br />181 o Publication of English narrative occurs after Pocahontas and many other key players <br />182 have died. <br />183 <br />184 Commissioner Heikkila questioned what the city’s policy is for naming parks after people. Staff <br />185 responded that it is currently significant contributions. <br />186 <br />187 Commissioner Arneson noted that if a park name brings bad feelings or shame and it is not related to <br />188 Roseville he agrees with looking into the process of changing its name. <br />189 <br />190 Commissioner O’Brien relayed that it is appropriate for new names or renaming of a park to come <br />191 before the Parks and Recreation Commission. She cautioned the Commission to carefully consider <br />192 how to rename the park. If choosing to consider continuing with a name that honors our native <br />193 population the Commission should speak with appropriate tribal leadership and gain their input. <br />194 However, it may also be good to consider using the current criteria laid out in our guidelines so as to <br />195 avoid potentially choosing a name that could become controversial in the future as peoples <br />196 viewpoints on names and events change over time. <br />197 <br />198 Chair Hoag requested that staff provide an engagement process and name change recommendation <br />199 timeline. <br />200 <br />5 <br />8 <br /> <br />