Degree of Pocahontas

[1] Despite using names based on common non-Native ideas about Native Americans, it was formed solely by and for white women.

The president of a local Council is called "Pocahontas" and is assisted by a "Powatan", a male counselor.

[6] This board operates under the supervision and authority of the Great Council of the United States of the IORM.

This degree was not very popular, however, mustering only 90 local Councils and less than 5,000 members in 1979, principally in New England.

[4] In the early 1920s, membership was open only to white women over 18, who were of good moral character and "a firm belief evidenced by life and act, and not mere declaration alone in the existence in the Great Spirit – God – in whose hands all power is, and to whom all are accountable.