That was one character choice we had early on." Taylor's notes from the early production in July 1993 describe the character as "First Officer – a human native American male, a 'Queequeg' person who has renounced Earth and lives as an expatriate on another planet.
Around September 21, 1993, Highwater gave seven pages of notes to producers regarding Chakotay's backstory, but his tribal ancestry was unresolved.
In a short story in the anthology Tales From The Captain Table, it is said to be Demora Sulu, but in Pathways by Jeri Taylor it is stated that it was Hiromi Sulu, the son of Demora. ==Citations== ==References== ==External links== Chakotay at Startrek.com Fictional commanders Fictional boxers Fictional first officers Voyager characters Fictional Native American people Starfleet commanders Television characters introduced in 1995
He was nominated in 1996 for the NCLR Bravo Award for Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role, and the ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role in 1998 and 1999. ===Themes=== Chakotay's inclusion in the main cast of Voyager was seen by critics as one of several who were used to highlight the diversity within the series.
In July 2019, Screen Rant ranked "The Fight" as one of the top five worst of the series, singling out Chakotay as a major problem in the show noting how he did not really fit in, and had poor development. For his portrayal as Chakotay, Beltran won the Nosotros Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series in 1997.
He was nominated in 1996 for the NCLR Bravo Award for Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role, and the ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role in 1998 and 1999. ===Themes=== Chakotay's inclusion in the main cast of Voyager was seen by critics as one of several who were used to highlight the diversity within the series.
He was nominated in 1996 for the NCLR Bravo Award for Outstanding Television Series Actor in a Crossover Role, and the ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Television Series in a Crossover Role in 1998 and 1999. ===Themes=== Chakotay's inclusion in the main cast of Voyager was seen by critics as one of several who were used to highlight the diversity within the series.
Chakotay was also described as "the only First Nations role model around in a futuristic setting" in the 2005 book, "Indian" Stereotypes in TV Science Fiction: First Nations' Voices Speak Out, but was also referred to as the "quintessential Tonto in outer space".
Of Chakotay's origin, he said, "They never actually say what nation he is, but I do believe it's some Central American tribe." Hayden Taylor wrote in a later article in 2012 describing the rise of Native American characters in the Twilight film series that Chakotay was still the sole popular example of a Native American character in science fiction.
Dang!" Chakotay's relationship with Seven was also commented on, and both UGO and io9 complained that the relationship appeared at random. In 2016 Chakotay was ranked as the 11th most important character out of 100 of Starfleet within the Star Trek science fiction universe by Wired magazine.
In 2018, CBR ranked Chakotay the 20th best Starfleet character of Star Trek.
In July 2019, Screen Rant ranked "The Fight" as one of the top five worst of the series, singling out Chakotay as a major problem in the show noting how he did not really fit in, and had poor development. For his portrayal as Chakotay, Beltran won the Nosotros Golden Eagle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Series in 1997.
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