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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

Executive Producer: David J.E. Roe, JD

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Editor: Sue Lawson, ChicagoEdit

Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, Jake Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau, Scott Abing

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, Jake Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau, Scott Abing

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, Jake Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau, Scott Abing

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, Jake Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau, Scott Abing

After Effects Double Exposure Photography: Laura Hedien, Patrick Villanueva

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, Jake Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau, Scott Abing

Cinematographers: Kevin McKinney, Mika Shapiro, Jake Buckingham, Bruce Himmelblau, Scott Abing

Assistant to the Producers: Ana Holland Krawec, Kristen Sliwicki

Original Scores: PBPN Drums, Elexa Dawson, Michael Murphy (flute, guitar), Alberto Tinajero (drum)

Original Scores: PBPN Drums, Elexa Dawson, Michael Murphy (flute, guitar), Alberto Tinajero (drum)

Original Scores: PBPN Drums, Elexa Dawson, Michael Murphy (flute, guitar), Alberto Tinajero (drum)

Original Scores: PBPN Drums, Elexa Dawson, Michael Murphy (flute, guitar), Alberto Tinajero (drum)

Original Scores: PBPN Drums, Elexa Dawson, Michael Murphy (flute, guitar), Alberto Tinajero (drum)

Film Locations: Chicago, Iowa and Kansas

Original Scores: PBPN Drums, Elexa Dawson, Michael Murphy (flute, guitar), Alberto Tinajero (drum)

Film Locations: Chicago, Iowa and Kansas

Grateful for our Partnerships

Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Mayetta, Kansas

Citizen Band Potawatomi Nation, Shawnee, Oklahoma

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

Lake Forest Library & Media Department, Lake Forest, Illinois

State of Illinois Springfield Library

American Indian Association of Illinois 

American Indian Center, Chicago, Illinois

Marsh Genealogy Center, Amherstburg, Ontario Canada

Chicago History Center, Illinois

Chicago Newberry Library, Illinois

Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Evanston, Illinois

United States Library of Congress

United States Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian

Blackhawk Historical Site, Rock Island, Illinois

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

Native American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois

Six Nations, Brantford, Canada

Fort Niagara, New York, USA

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