Joseph L. Erb

Joseph Erb (born January 7, 1974) is a Native American computer animator, educator, and artist and a member of the Cherokee Nation.

The 11-minute animated piece relays parts of the Cherokee's creation story, featuring Buzzard, Beaver, and the Water Beetle, who brings fire to humanity.

[3] He combines traditional storytelling with 21st-century technology as a means of teaching the Cherokee language to young people.

Muscogee Creek middle school students and Erb created a video that combined animation, claymation and diorama sets to tell the story of Indian Removal.

Rabbit, the Muscogee Trickster, steals a coal of fire from the French and takes it back to the Creeks on their way to Indian Territory.