Reservation Dogs

Reservation Dogs is an Indigenous American television series created by Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi for FX Productions. It follows the lives of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma, as they spend their days committing crime and fighting it. It is the first series to feature all Indigenous writers and directors, along with an almost entirely Indigenous North American cast and production team. The first season was filmed entirely in Oklahoma, a first for a series. The series premiered on Hulu under FX on Hulu branding on August 9, 2021 (International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples). It was renewed for a second season in 2021 and a third and final season in 2022, which premiered on August 2, 2023. The series concluded on September 27, 2023. Reservation Dogs has received widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including a Peabody Award and two Independent Spirit Awards, and has been nominated for one Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award, one Golden Globe, two Television Critics Association Awards, and five Critics' Choice Television Awards. Additionally, it was named one of the best series of 2021 and 2022 by many critics, and listed as one of the ten best television programs of 2021 and 2022 by the American Film Institute. Premise The series follows the lives of four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma, in a small town in the Muscogee Nation, where they spend their days "committing crime and fighting it." Their friend Daniel, who dreamed of moving to California, died one year before the events of the series, and they wrestle with his death and whether to make the trip themselves. They each need to address unresolved issues in their lives and community and make plans to leave.