Kekata Background information Feature films Pocahontas Television programs House of Mouse Video games Pocahontas Park attractions Portrayed by Portrayed by Animators Voice Gordon Tootoosis (speaking) Jim Cummings (singing) Shūhei Tsutsui (Japanese) Performance model Designer Inspiration Honors and awards Character information Full name Other names Personality Wise, kind, loyal Appearance Slender, Elderly Powhatan with long gray hair, fairly tan skin Birthday Occupation Powhatan shaman, wizard of the tribe Affiliations Good Goal To serve his tribe and chief Home Virginia Relatives Pets Allies his boss Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas, Nakoma, Kocoum, any indian in the tribe, the settlers, Wiggins, Meeko, Flit, Percy, John Smith , Thomas , Ben and Lon Minions Enemies Governor Ratcliffe, settlers (formerly), Percy (formerly), John Smith (formerly), Thomas (formerly), Wiggins (formerly), Ben and Lon (formerly) Likes Entertaining the tribe children, his life with the tribe, safety Dislikes Danger, threats Powers and abilities Shaman powers Weapons Fate Makes peace with the settlers Quote "You know Pocahontas. She has her mother's spirit. She goes wherever the wind takes her."

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Kekata is a character from the film Pocahontas. The late Gordon Tootoosis did Kekata's speaking voice while Jim Cummings did his singing voice.

Background

Kekata is the village's Shaman. He is shown to have various mystical abilities. He is an adviser of sorts to Chief Powhatan. Like the other members of his tribe, he is very wary of the white settlers, comparing them to ravenous wolves who consume everything.

Appearances

Pocahontas

Kekata is first seen entertaining the village children when Chief Powhatan and his warriors return home from a war with the Massawomacks. While Kekata explains that the village is overjoyed to see them back, Powhatan notices the absence of his daughter Pocahontas. Kekata reminds Powhatan of Pocahontas's similarity to her mother, for the wind takes her wherever she goes.

When Kocoum is being presented to the tribe, Kekata paints Bear-like paw prints on his chest to represent his courage. When the white settlers arrive, Kekata is charged with telling the tribe about them. Kekata conjures images from his fire that show the settlers. He describes the settler's armor and guns, and compares them to wolves who consume everything. Based on this description, Kocoum offers to lead the warriors and attack, but Powhatan tells Kocoum to take a group to observe, as the settlers are strange to them. Kekata would later try to heal a warrior who was wounded from the excursion, but does not know how to deal with gunshot wounds.

Later on in the movie, Kocoum is shot by a settler named Thomas and John Smith is brought back to the camp for the murder. Kekata watches as Kocoum's body is brought back and listens to Powhatan give the word that Smith will die at dawn. During the song "Savages", Kekata is seen putting warpaint on two warriors, and notes that the Settlers differences mean that they can't be trusted. Kekata is not seen after this point.

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World

Kekata is not seen or mentioned in the sequel.

Trivia

• Gordon Tootoosis (a Canadian of Cree and Stoney descent) was born on October 25th, 1941. He played Chief Powhatan in the 1999 movie, "Pocahontas: the Legend" (another Pocahontas movie). He died on July 5, 2011 after being hospitalized with pneumonia at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon.
  

Pocahontas

Media: Pocahontas | Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World | Pocahontas (Original Soundtrack) Characters: Pocahontas | John Smith | Governor Ratcliffe | Thomas | Meeko | Wiggins | Grandmother Willow | Percy | Nakoma |Kocoum | Kekata | Flit | John Rolfe | King James | Queen Anne | Mrs. Jenkins | Uttamatomakkin Songs: The Virginia Company | Steady as the Beating Drum | Just Around The Riverbend | Listen With Your Heart | Mine, Mine, Mine | Colors of the Wind | Savages | If I Never Knew You | Where Do I Go From Here | What a Day in London | Wait 'Till He Sees You | Things Are Not What They Appear | Between Two Worlds