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Indigenous Creators and Actors See Historic Emmy Recognition in 2024
“It’s undeniable that Indigenous storytelling, filmmakers, and actors are here and can compete with anyone,” said Reservation Dogs’s Sterlin Harjo.
“They have interesting perspectives and things that maybe the mainstream has never seen before.” The nod for Reservation Dogs appears to be the first time a show solely following Indigenous characters has been nominated in the Comedy, Drama, or Limited Series categories. Outside of the prime-time slots, HBO’s Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee won the Outstanding Made for Television Movie Emmy in 2007, with August Schellenberg, who comes from Mohawk background, nominated for Best Supporting Actor. Reis received a nod for her work on HBO’s True Detective: Night Country, where she plays a state trooper investigating the chilling disappearance of scientists at a nearby research station in Alaska.
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