Article: Navajo Code Talkers documentary wins Emmy


News From Indian Country
10-31-1996
Navajo Code Talkers documentary wins Emmy.

National Geographic Television's first Cultural Diversity Project filmmaker, Lena Carr, won an Emmy for Outstanding Historical Programming for "War Code: Navajo," a film she co-produced with staff producer Amy Wray. NGT's Cultural Diversity Project is an outreach program to attract minority filmmakers to submit story proposals and develop programs for National Geographic Explorer.

Navajo Nation President Albert Hale said the Emmy award is another example of long-overdue recognition for the Navajo Codetalkers' contribution to American and world history. "The Navajo people and the Navajo Nation have held the Navajo ...

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