Oneida tribal tales emerge transformed (fwd link)

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Oneida tribal tales emerge transformed

That Indian nation and others are turning to new mediums to tell their enduring
stories.

By Paul Lieberman, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 13, 2008

ONEIDA, N.Y. -- THE TOUCHY part of the Oneidas' animated short was depicting how
the raccoon, after playing dead, gobbles up all the cute dancing crawfish
celebrating his demise.

The filmmakers showed the raccoon's feast as a cloud of mayhem. But there were
arms flying out, tiny arms from those adorable crawfish, a detail that risked
being far too graphic for kids. And captivating them was the idea of telling an
old tribal tale in a way that would teach new generations its message: that even
if you're a cute little crawfish, you'll pay a dear price if you boast, and lie
. . . as one crawfish did by claiming to have slain their predator.

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