Natives Of The Narrowland Documentary Sample #1

Tags:: Wampanoag Cape Cod Indians Tribe Mashpee Chris Seufert Julie Harris Native American

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The Unwritten History of the First Cape Codders (35 min - written by Nancy Barr, directed by Christopher Seufert, and narrated by Julie Harris). The Native Americans of New England were among the first to come into contact with European sailing vessels, and hence, among the first to disappear. The Wampanoag natives of Cape Cod (the legendary Narrowland) called themselves "the People of the First Light". Their arrival in New England reaches back to the last ice age, over 12,000 years ago. This documentary, narrated by actress Julie Harris, is the first to explore their unwritten history via an anthropological analysis of the culture's sparse archaeological remains. The only surviving Cape Cod Wampanoag tribe located in Mashpee provides a current Native perspective on the survival of their culture. We are introduced to the preservation efforts of archaeological sites in New England against erosion, development, and pot-hunting. Cornell University's American Indian Program shows NATIVES OF THE NARROWLAND to their graduate students as part of a lecture entitled Thanksgiving's Children: Myths which Mask the Collapse of the Indigenous Environment. First Prize, Massachusetts Cable Television Awards, 1994.