Pocahontas (1995 film) character flowered into the idea of a grandmotherly spiritual adviser to Pocahontas. Because of Katzenberg's opposition to having Grandmother Willow in the story, Joe Grant assisted fellow veteran story artist Burny Mattinson with coming up tree puns such as "My bark is worse than my bite", "The roots of all problems", and "They're barking up the wrong tree." Mattinson reluctantly added them to his pitch for the next morning, and during the story meeting, he exclaimed, "Everybody loved it! All of a sudden: 'Oh, I want her in!' 'Let's build her part bigger!'" In September 1992, Disney began casting actors
Nakoma Golf Resort master-planned Gold Mountain environmentally sensitive community, Dariel and Margaret (Peggy) Garner purchased the 1924 Wright plan and constructed the building just 3 miles outside Portola, CA; with the clubhouse opening in on Mother's Day, 2001. Nakoma is a Chippewa Indian word which means "I do as I promise." The resort also included 12 Spa Villas, vacation rentals intended to echo the construction elements of the clubhouse, designed by Taliesin-trained architects Martin Newland and Elisabeth Winnen, then students of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. The entry pond, like the original Madison, Wisconsin design displays two native Indian statues; Nakoma