With production booming in New Mexico, the Tesuque Pueblo reservation converted its 1950s-era gambling destination into Camel Rock Studios, booking AMC's 'Dark Winds' as its first high-profile project.
The Navajo refer to themselves as the Dine,' or Dineh literally meaning "The People."
Highpockets was a slang term used in the 1960's to refer to the earlier World War II generation who commonly wore extremely high-waisted pants with the waistband pulled up above the navel. The term coincides with a person who is given a position of high standing, but is completely undeserving for reasons of incompetence, ineffectiveness, or a broad ignorance of subjects that are at the core of his responsibilities.
Dark Winds (2022) writers' room is all Native American. In addition to Roland, writers on the series include Anthony Florez, Maya Rose Dittloff, Razelle Benally, Billy Luther, Erica Tremblay, John Wirth, Rhiana Yazzie, Max Hurwitz, DezBaa', Steven Paul Judd, and Jason Gavin.
Tony Hillerman was named Special Friend of the Dineh by the Navajo Nation in 1987, which is a high honor, given that he is only non Native to receive that award.