An episode of the animated PBS Kids show “Molly of Denali” co-written by Juneau resident and Alaska Native language expert X̱’unei Lance Twitchell won the award for Writing for a Preschool Animated Series at the third annual 2025 Children’s and Family Emmy Awards on Saturday.
It is the first Emmy for the series that debuted in 2019 as the first U.S. children’s show featuring an Alaska Native as the lead character. The series won a…