| Nakia |
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| ABC Network |
| 1974 |
| Drama |
| 60 Minutes |
Contemporary police drama set in Concord, New Mexico
about Davis County deputy
sheriff, Nakia Parker (Robert Forster), a
full-blooded Navajo Native American who was often in conflict
with his people's customs and white man's law.
Nakia was anxious to promote the peace and
serve the citizens of his district. That could
include being an advocate for his tribe to save
an historic mission that the city council wanted
to sell to an influential land developer;
protecting a Navajo physician from one of his
former psychiatric patients; or
breaking up a fight at "Jackies," a local bar.
One such fight got Nakia blamed for murder
when the rowdy customer he subdued (knocked out)
at the bar the night before turned up dead the
next day. Luckily, Nakia proved the man was
killed by his younger teenage brother who had a
disagreement with his sibling.
Nakia's fellow officers and friends included:
- Arthur Kennedy as Sheriff Sam
Jericho
- Taylor Lacher as Deputy Hubbel
Martin
- Victor Jory as Ben Redearth
- John Tenorio Jr. as Half Cub
- Gloria DeHaven as Irene James
Sam Jericho and
Nakia Parker
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TRIVIA NOTE: The series was filmed on
location in
Albuquerque, New Mexico. Both Davis County
and the town of Concord are fictional entities.
Prior to NAKIA, Robert Forster played Miles
C. Banyon, a tough but honest 1930s Los Angeles
private eye who offered his services for $20 a
day plus expenses on the short-lived detective
series BANYON/NBC/1972.
The episode "Roots of Anger" (11/30/1974) was
the acting debut of Lynda Carter who played
Helen, the beautiful young wife of an older man.
Two years later, Carter earned fame as Diana
Prince, the dark-haired beauty and crime fighter on the super-hero fantasy WONDER
WOMAN/ABC/1976-79.
Obituaries: Victor Jory: 02/12/1982; Arthur
Kennedy: 01/05/1990; Taylor Lacher: 06/21/2005;
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