Animated Traditional
Choctaw Stories Vol. 1
each story in two versions,
one Choctaw and one English

"Shokvni Chipinta yvt Luksi Apela"
("Little Ants Help Turtle")
and
"Akak Chaha Ile Yimmi kvt Imachukma"
("The Turkey Who Liked To Show Off")

"I want it, can I keep it?" was the response of all the children who were the pool of test viewers.

"Wow this is great! I remember my parents reading this to me when I was a kid; when can I buy it? " was the overwhelming response of adults to the Animated Traditional Choctaw Stories Volume 1, finished in 2003, and now remastered and being released in DVD form to the Choctaw people and the general public.

"Animated Traditional Choctaw Stories Vol. 1 is another example of how Chief Pyle and Assistant Chief Bailey, through the Education Department, are fulfilling their commitment to the Choctaw people to preserve our culture and language using whatever medium can best serve our people", said P.K. Work, CEO of Work Web Design, whose Native American (Choctaw) owned graphics and web development company did all the computer animation and graphics involved in this first ever Native American traditional stories animated DVD.

"As an Oklahoma Choctaw it has been my extreme pleasure, delight and honor to have assisted Chief Pyle, Assistant Chief Bailey, and the outstanding native speakers of our School of Choctaw Language, in the blending of old technologies and new to preserving our Choctaw way of life".

These stories were based on the books published in the 1980s, and at the request of the Choctaw Nation, the new computer characters, though redrawn, have generally remained true to the illustrations used in those time tested volumes.

The voices, both in English and in Choctaw, were done by Richard Adams, Hannah Bryan, Virginia Espinoza, and Lillie Roberts, all Choctaw native speakers who teach Choctaw Language classes thru the Chata Anumpa Aiikhvna (School of Choctaw Language).

According to Work, the introductory music was developed from the printed version of the Missisippi Turtle Dance from the book " Choctaw Music and Dance ". "We entered the music exactly as written into a computer music composing software. Then we made the arrangement by assigning the melody to a native flute voice, and adding a clave and drum background beat ".

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