Sycuan Wins Emmy Award for Documentary

Sycuan’s “Our People. Our Culture. Our History.” has been honored with a 2014 EMMY® Award, Pacific Southwest region, for outstanding achievement in television. The acclaimed documentary has also received a prestigious Gold CINDY® Award in the Regional Broadcast category and a Special Achievement Award for Direction and Production Design. The 48-minute program tells the story of Sycuan and the Kumeyaay Nation through the words of its people—Tribal elders, Council leaders, family members and the next generation. Augmented by incisive observations from Native American historians and a range of subject matter experts, Legacy is the incredible story of a People who has survived against overwhelming odds to become a sovereign, prosperous nation within the great nation of the United States.