Conversely, Native American activist Russell Means, who portrays Chief Powhatan in the film, praised the film's racial overtones, stating that ""Pocahontas" is the first time Eurocentric male society has admitted its historical deceit", and the film makes the "stunning admission" that the purpose of the European colonization of the Americas was "to kill Indians and rape and pillage the land." Means also said that the film marked "the first time, other than on "Northern Exposure", that a human face has been put on an Indian female," dubbing "Pocahontas" "the finest feature film on American Indians Hollywood has turned out." Sophie Gilbert of "The Atlantic" concurred, stating that the film's narrative "had a progressive attitude when it came to interpreting history", portraying the settlers as "plunderers searching for non-existent gold who were intent upon murdering the 'savages' they encountered in the process", although she criticized the depiction of Pocahontas as stereotypical.