.AmyTVGal spoke with the MollyOfDenali EP on how the PBS series highlights the importance of indigenous characters and actors.
When she was young, Alaska native Princess Daazhraii Johnson would have loved a TV show where she saw herself. But children’s programming didn’t include Native American characters.
When they got the pilot pick up, Gillim realized they couldn’t do the show alone. “We needed to partner with Alaska natives to tell the story right,” she says. They formed an Alaska Native working group and flew to Fairbanks to meet with them to talk about the characters and the world they were creating. “There’s this myth and misconception that Native Americans don’t exist, that they are something of the past, or they live in really remote places or they live very primitive lives.
The values of the Alaska native culture will be woven throughout the series. “In Alaska we take only what we need,” Johnson says. “We take care of each other. I think it’s really important that we understand no matter where you are in the US or Canada, for that matter, you are standing on the land of indigenous people and understanding and having respect for different cultures. Respect for our elders and one and other and our land and animals and waters.
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