Series regulars or semi-regulars in 'Nakia' from 1970-1982:
- Arthur Kennedy as Sheriff Sam Jericho (1974)
- Gloria DeHaven as Irene James (1974)
- John Tenorio Jr. as Half Cub (1974)
- Robert Forster as Deputy Nakia Parker (1974)
- Taylor Lacher as Deputy Hubbel Martin (1974)
1970-1982 Episode Guide for 'Nakia':
(Episodes with dates prior to 1970 aired as reruns.)
Season 1, episode 1
W: Charles Larson D: Alexander Singer
With A Martinez (George), Elizabeth Chauvet (Harriett), Edward Bell (Lacey), Victor Jory (Ben Redearth), Sandra Smith.
Robert Forster returns in a series as a deputy sheriff of a New Mexico town. He is proud of his Navajo heritage and respectful of ancient Indian tradition and philosophy. In the first show, Nakia's discovery that a young Indian man, accused of murder and ostracized by his tribe, is innocent, leads to a deeper mystery and the real murderer's trail.
Season 1, episode 2
With Burr DeBenning (Frank), Beth Brickell (Ellie), Gale Sondergaard (Bert), Crawford MacCallum (Everett), Ray Greenway (Farrell), Claudia Baca (Monica), Robert Vigil (Juan).
Nakia practices an old Indian tradition of walking in another man's skin to better understand a desperate man he is tracking.
Season 1, episode 3
W: Tim Kelly
With Jan Clayton (Rudy), Jo Ann Harris (Kitty), Marianna Hill (Julia), Richard Kelton (Carl), David Huddleston (Horace), Robert Ginty.
Nakia becomes the target of a murderer when he pursues the slayer of a young man -- an outsider who had married into an aristocratic family.
Season 1, episode 4
With Kay Lenz (Barbara), David Huffman (Earl), Jeanne Stein (Mrs. Wilcox), Emmett Robbins, Michael Eiland.
Nakia's alertness puts him on the trail of a bank robber who has a beautiful young mentally retarded girl as a hostage.
Season 1, episode 5
With Gabriel Dell (Archie McIntosh), Ray Danton (Rodale), Gwen Van Dam (Ruth), Marc Singer.
Nakia defies his superiors and launches a one-man war against hired assassins as he helps a former crime syndicate accountant find a new way of life.
Season 1, episode 6
W: Mort Fine D: Sutton Roley
With Joanne Linville (Helen), Peter Breck, Robert Urich (Tom), Victor Jory (Ben Redearth), Cameron Mitchell (Bob Poulk), Greg Mabry (Scott).
Nakia tracks down three kidnappers and their young victim and finds himself fighting for his life.
Season 1, episode 7
With Geoffrey Deuel (Brennan), Tim O'Connor (Carlyle), Todd Armstrong (Walberg), Robert Doyle (Paul), Victoria Racimo (Jean), Harry Basch (Cook), Peter Prouse (Dan Mills).
Nakia tries to free a man from syndicate clutches when it appears he is being set up as the patsy for a crime.
Season 1, episode 8
With Marjoe Gortner (Sonny Streeter), John Bennett Perry (Cal Terman), Conny Van Dyke (Beth Streeter), Robin Mattson (Donna), Philip L. Mead (Lieutenant Grimes), Donna Connell (Seamstress).
A burglary, a murder and a mysterious vision send Deputy Nakia on the trail of two youths who may be responsible for the two crimes.
Season 1, episode 9
W: Phyliis White, Robert White D: Alvin Ganzer
With Michael Ansara (Howard Gray Hawk), Richard Hatch (Allen Bishop), Victor Jory (Ben Redearth), Judson Morgan, Kent Lane (Bud Coleman), Betty Ann Carr (Paulette).
An Indian doctor is marked for death by a student he committed to psychiatric treatment years earlier, and who now is the prime suspect in a series of crimes.
Season 1, episode 10
With Pernell Roberts (Matt Waywood), Barbara Rhoades (Jackie Thayer), Steve Sandor (Chet Haywood), Richard Young (Arnold Haywood), Lynda Carter (Helen Chase).
Nakia is forced to clear his name when a local troublemaker dies soon after the deputy hits him in a barroom brawl.
Season 1, episode 11
With Charles Aidman (Barrows), Pat Carroll (Belle Jones), Farley Granger (O'Hare), Jared Martin (Atterbury), Susan Richardson (Nancy), Kipp Whitman (Richie).
A young man's death is blamed on deputy sheriff Nakia Parker when he defends himself while breaking up a barroom brawl, and one of the combatants is later found dead.
Season 1, episode 12
With Johnny Doran (Pete), George Maharis (Joe Arnold), Shirley Knight (Faye Arnold), Carmen Zapata (Emma Ironwood).
Nakia befriends a young and very frightened boy abandoned by his criminal parents.
Season 1, episode 13
With Anthony Caruso (John Manygoats), Victor Jory (Chief Red Earth), Burr Smidt (Dr. Lucas), Thomas J. Conlan (Dr. Sanders), John Tenorio Jr. (Half Cub).
Nakia has his hands full with an old Indian chief medicine man who insists on performing an ancient ritual to save the life of Chief Red Earth. (Last show of the series.)