Pocahontas's mother's name was Matoaka.
Pocahontas ( born Matoaka , known as Amonute , 1596 -- 1617 ) was a Native American woman notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown , Virginia . Pocahontas (character) . Pocahontas , as the daughter of a Native American paramount chief of the Powhatan paramountcy , is the first American Disney Princess .