The indigenous language used in this movie is Mi'kmaq. It was originally spoken in Nova Scotia, not Massachusetts.
The first live action film production of Adam Beach and Eric Schweig together. Their second time would be in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007).
Scenes involving the Plymouth colony and Nauset tribe were filmed outside Cape Breton Highlands National Park.
This movie, Pocahontas (1995), and Pocahontas 2: Journey to a New World (1998) were criticized for their historical inaccuracies. All three of these Disney films featured Irene Bedard in starring roles.
All wild animals in this live action production were trained by employees of San Bernardino, California's Hollywood animal sanctuary "Jungle Exotics".