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The Unwritten History of the First Cape Codders (35 min,
directed by Christopher Seufert). 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. 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. 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. Narrated by Julie Harris. Best Documentary, Massachusetts Cable Television Awards, 1994.