Indian Country Diaries: Spiral of Fire
(2005, 86 min.) US
Director: Carol Cornsilk (Cherokee)
Writer: LeAnne Howe (Choctaw)
Executive Producer: Francis M. Blythe
Produced by: Adanvdo Vision and Native American Public Telecommunications

LeAnne Howe travels to Cherokee, North Carolina, to the home of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians in search of the father she never knew. Instead, the community she discovers leads her to ask crucial questions about identity, cultural preservation, health, capitalism, religion, and assimilation.

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