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Director Nathan Young

"First Fire"First Fire
(2004, 11 min.) US
Director: Nathan Young (Pawnee/Delaware/Kiowa)
Produced by: the Fort Gibson Public Schools, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
In Cherokee with English subtitles.

A claymation by Cherokee high school students tells the story of how the least likely of all the animals succeeded in bringing fire to the world.

Image credit: Director Nathan Young; First Fire

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