“Return of the Pawnees,” a film co-produced by Margaret Jacobs, has been selected as the Gold Winner in the General—Television category of the Telly Awards.
Jacobs is a professor in the Department of History and director of the Center for Great Plains Studies. She co-directs the Reconciliation Rising project, which developed the film.
Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens, annually judging over 12,000 entries from all 50 states and 5 continents.
The film chronicles how the Pawnees, once exiled from Nebraska, are now regaining a presence in their homeland due to a significant act of reconciliation.
The Reconciliation Rising project showcases the lives and work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the U.S. who are confronting traumatic histories, promoting dialogue between Natives and non-Natives, and creating pathways to reconciliation.
