Molly of Denali is the first national children’s TV show with an Alaska Native lead

A scene from the episode “Grandpa’s Drum.” (Photo courtesy of WGBH)
The first nationally broadcast children’s show with an Alaska Native lead character premiered today.
Molly of Denali is a production of Boston public TV station WGBH and features 10-year-old Athabascan Molly Mabray and the fictional Interior village of Qyah.
Show co-creator Dorothea Gillim of WGBH knew from the get-go that she wanted to make a kids show about an outdoorsy girl who lived in a more rural se