Quinton Kien, right, a young tribal member who is fluent in the Navajo language, starred in a public service announcement from the Tsehootsooi Medical Center last year. Still image from YouTube
Members of the Navajo Nation are creating a Navajo language version of the Disney classic Finding Nemo. The Navajo Nation Museum secured permission from Walt Disney Studios to translate the animated film. The cast includes Quinton Kien, 11, a fluent speaker from Arizona. "I just want to make this Nemo movie to get my Native language out," Quinton told CBS News. Finding Nemo is the second film to be dubbed in Navajo. The first, Star Wars, drew widespread attention when it was released in 2013. Get the Story:
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