Overview
Half-hour portrait of writer N. Scott Momaday. Funded by Pacific Mountain Network (PMN). Accepted for PBS broadcast in 1993; PMN feed in November 1993. Received Honorable Mention, PMN “Best of the West” Awards, 1993; regional Emmy for Outstanding Program Achievement: Biographical/Historical Documentary, 1993. Distributed by PBS Adult Learning Service and PBS Video, 1996.
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