There were, of course, many stereotypes in the Disney movie, Pocahontas.  One large one was the song “Savages” where both groups, the Native Americans and the English, were calling each other savages for their horrible ways of treating one another.  Another stereotype was the type of outfits the Natives wore.  The typical outfit was war paint and headdresses.  This was also seen in another Disney classic, Peter Pan.  Peter Pan probably had an even worse stereotype what with their song “What Makes the Red Man Red” and having the chiefs face cherry red and everyone dancing around a fire.  Another kind of stereotype that always kind of amused me was out in-tune with nature Pocahontas was.  She could just talk to trees and jump from the highest cliff out there and land gracefully in the water.  This is a more extreme version of how the Native Americans loved and grew with nature, and by exaggerating it in the film it kind of made some of it look a little ridiculous.  I think Disney is one of the biggest culprits of stereotypical behavior and that is not anything a child should be taught.  Yes, they are probably too young to fully understand what it means but that’s one reason why they wouldn’t think it was a big deal to paint all over themselves and have a fake powwow in their living room.