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The PBS Show Celebrating Alaska Native Communities
Athabascan advisers for “Molly of Denali,” left to right, Dewey Kk’ołeyo Hoffman, Rochelle Adams, Adeline Peter Raboff, and the show s original Creative Director Princess Daazhraii Johnson. Seated in front is Tanana Athabascan elder Luke Titus, whose story of surviving boarding school became the inspiration for the first episode, “Grandpa s Drum.”
Photo from Tara Mayes/WGBH
The Indigenous writers and developers of “Molly of Denali” also share their own stories and find healing in the process.