THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, June 24, 1995                TAG: 9506240350
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS 
DATELINE: BRANSON, MO.                       LENGTH: Short :   34 lines

WILL POCAHONTAS RETURN TO ROOTS IN JAMESTOWN?

Wayne Newton is reviving his efforts to bring the bones of Pocahontas back to Jamestown, Va.

Newton, who claims to be a descendant of the Powhatan Indian princess, wants to exhume her remains from the St. George's Church graveyard in Gravesend, England, where Pocahontas was buried in 1617.

Whether the British would allow such an adventure is an open question.

Newton, who was born in Norfolk and grew up in Roanoke, says his father is half-Irish and half-Powhatan, and his grandfather was a full-blooded Powhatan.

Although Newton hired two professors eight years ago to locate Pocahontas' grave, the Rev. David Willey, in charge of the cemetery, told Thursday's New York Post that the location is unknown and that he doesn't want any graves disturbed.

Newton said he's been able to revive his Pocahontas project since a federal judge approved his bankruptcy plan in February. ILLUSTRATION: Photo

Newton

Color photo from movie "Pocahontas"

by CNB