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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

Directors & Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

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

Directors & Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

Editor: Sue Lawson, ChicagoEdit

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

Directors & Producers: Michelle Simon and Susan L. Kelsey

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

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

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

Drone Cinemaphotography: Kevin McKinney, Bruce Himmelblau

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

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

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

Still Photography: Laura Hedien, Alberto Tinajero

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

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch, Brent Fredrickson, DeepAI.org

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch, Brent Fredrickson, DeepAI.org

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch, Brent Fredrickson, DeepAI.org

Digital Graphics: Stephan Fusaro

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch, Brent Fredrickson, DeepAI.org

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch, Brent Fredrickson, DeepAI.org

Assistant to the Producers: Ana Holland Krawec, Kristen Sliwicki

Artists: Alberto Tinajero, Dennis Downes, Ammie Rusch, Brent Fredrickson, DeepAI.org

Assistant to the Producers: Ana Holland Krawec, Kristen Sliwicki

Original Scores:

Original Scores:

Assistant to the Producers: Ana Holland Krawec, Kristen Sliwicki

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), Mark Jourdan (Ho-Chunk).  Studio Engineer, Danny Patt with Gravity Studios. 

Thank you:

Original Scores:

Thank you:

The family of Josette Wahwassuck, Gail Holmes, Author of The Chiefs of Council Bluffs published by Arcadia Publishing

Post-Production by Chicago EDIT. Recording Studio: Gravity Studios, Chicago

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

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

Great Lakes Trail Marker Tree Society

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

Wisconsin Historical Society

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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