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Documentary Crew






Susan L. Kelsey, 

Producer & Director 






Michelle Simon, 

Producer & Director 







Sue Lawson, Editor






Elexa Dawson, Songwriter





Kim Vigue, 

Advisor, Chicago Mitchell Indian Museum






Laura Hedien, Photographer 





Ana Krawec, 

Assistant to the Producers

Film Credits

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, DJ Roe, J. Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau,Scott Abing

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Editor: Sue Lawson, ChicagoEdit

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, DJ Roe, J. Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau,Scott Abing

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, DJ Roe, J. Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau,Scott Abing

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, DJ Roe, J. Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau,Scott Abing

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, DJ Roe, J. Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau,Scott Abing

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, DJ Roe, J. Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau,Scott Abing

Photography: Laura Hedien

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch

Digital Graphics: Stephan Fusaro

Digital Graphics: Stephan Fusaro

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch

Digital Graphics: Stephan Fusaro

Executive Producers: Susan L. Kelsey, David J.E. Roe, JD, Robert Musacchio, PhD

Executive Producers: Susan L. Kelsey, David J.E. Roe, JD, Robert Musacchio, PhD

Executive Producers: Susan L. Kelsey, David J.E. Roe, JD, Robert Musacchio, PhD

Assistant to the Producers: Ana Holland Krawec, Kristen Sliwicki

Executive Producers: Susan L. Kelsey, David J.E. Roe, JD, Robert Musacchio, PhD

Executive Producers: Susan L. Kelsey, David J.E. Roe, JD, Robert Musacchio, PhD

Original Scores:

Executive Producers: Susan L. Kelsey, David J.E. Roe, JD, Robert Musacchio, PhD

Original Scores:

PBPN Drums, Elexa Dawson (Citizen Band Potawatomi Nation), Michael Murphy (Irish-Mohican), Alberto Tinajero (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) Michaela Andria Marchi (Pueblo) and William Buchholtz (Canadian Algonkin).   

Grateful for our Partnerships

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Mayetta, Kansas

Citizen Band Potawatomi Nation, Shawnee, Oklahoma

United States Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian

United States Library of Congress

United States National Archives

State of Illinois Springfield Library

American Indian Association of Illinois 

American Indian Center, Chicago, Illinois

Queen of All Saints Church and Basilica, Chicago, Illinois 

Blackhawk Historical Site, Rock Island, Illinois

The Prehistory of Private Property: Implications for Modern Political Theory  by Karl Widerquist 

John Hauberg Museum of Native American Life,  Rock Island, Illinois

Native American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

Chicago History Center, Illinois

Chicago Newberry Library, Illinois

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston, Illinois

Lake Forest Library & Media Department, Lake Forest, Illinois

Council Bluffs Public Library, Iowa

Preserve Council Bluffs, Council Bluffs, Iowa

State Historical Society of Iowa

Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Des Moines, Iowa

Western Historic Trails Center, Council Bluffs, Iowa

St. Joseph Cemetery, Council Bluffs, Iowa

Mayor Matt Walsh, Council Bluffs, Iowa

Pony Express National Museum  Saint Joseph ,Missouri 

Six Nations, Brantford, Canada

Marsh Genealogy Center, Amherstburg, Ontario Canada

Fort Niagara, New York, USA

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