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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.