The Culture of Media: Representation from Nanook to Molly
On view May 03 鈥� Oct 13, 2019
An exhibition on the museum鈥檚 fourth floor provides context for the PBS Kids series Molly of Denali, the first nationally distributed children鈥檚 TV series in the U.S. featuring an Alaska Native lead character 鈥� 10-year-old Molly who lives in the fictional village of Oyah, Alaska. The Culture of Media: Representation from Nanook to Molly presents brief historical overview of how Indigenous people have been represented in media throughout the 20th century, including introducing audiences to Athabascan cultures and the production process behind Molly.
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Follow the TV series on , and , and read about its development .
Find out about the Molly of Denali podcast in and listen to episodes .
Learn more about the history and culture of the Athabascan people from the book available in the Museum 果冻传煤.
Discover more about the first people of Alaska by visiting the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center and the exhibition Living Our Cultures, Sharing Our Heritage: The First Peoples of Alaska and about the exhibition.
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