The First Shall be Last, and The Last First: All that remains of the Brainard Missionary Station is the cemetery. One of the students is "Buried Here." His Cherokee name was Atsi, but he was soon re-Christened. Even his new name began with an A, though. Not only was he a student, he was an interpreter and "exorter." He died in his 27th year, thus missing the even greater tragedy that was to befall his beloved Cherokee nation. Your assignment: Write a screen play attesting to the life of Atsi, a life spent in that miasmatic zone between two worlds and between two times. Brainerd Mission Cemetery. [2013]
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