The Unwritten History of the First Cape Codders (35 min - directed by Christopher Seufert, 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.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.
