Intertribal Life Newspaper -

BURBANK, Calif.-As media offerings in Indigenous languages increase, The Walt Disney Company has joined the team. Those who have the Disney+ streaming service can now see "Finding Nemo" and "Star Wars: A New Hope" in the Navajo language.

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Disney+ streaming is now offering the Navajo language version of "Star Wars: A New Hope."

In 2013, Navajo language speakers joined Lucasfilms forces to bring "Star Wars: A New Hope" to locations across the Navajo Nation. The effort took three years to complete. 

In 2016, Pixar films decided to follow suite and brought "Finding Nemo" alive a Navajo-dubbed version of the movie starring Navajo actor, Quinton Kien.

In 2020, Disney began their Disney+ streaming platform and the Navajo language dubbed versions of "Finding Nemo" / "Ha'Deist'II" and "Star Wars: A New Hope" / "Sq'tah Anaa'" are now available on the streaming platform.

To watch the Navajo versions of the films, search and find the movie titles "Finding Nemo" or "Star Wars: A New Hope." Go to the "extras" section at the bottom of the window and scroll left or right until you see the Navajo language versions.