Patty Talahongva
Patty Talahongva is from the Hopi tribe and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. She is a journalist, documentary producer and news executive, and one of FRONTLINE’s Investigative Journalist Equity Initiative filmmakers. She was the first Native American anchor of a national news program in the United States and is involved in Native American youth and community development projects. A past president of the Native American Journalists Association, she was the recipient of their Medill Milestone Achievement Award. In 2019, she was hired by Indian Country Today to create the first national television newscast produced by an all-Indigenous news staff and focused on Indigenous Peoples.
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Stories from Patty Talahongva
Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages
Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages
Alaska’s Vanishing Native Villages
Policies
Teacher Center
Jon and Jo Ann Hagler on behalf of the Jon L. Hagler Foundation
Koo and Patricia Yuen
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