Credits

Executive Producer
Stéphane McLachlan
Environmental Conservation Lab

Associate Producer
Misty Potts

Interviews conducted by
Troy Stozek

Camera
Troy Stozek

Editing
Troy Stozek
Erika MacPherson

Written by
Erika MacPherson
Stéphane McLachlan
Troy Stozek

Directed by
Troy Stozek

Additional camera
and interviews
Dean Rennie
Katie Peterson

Video footage
Katie Peterson
Dean Rennie
Troy Stozek

Sound Mix
Mike Germain

Photography
Anna Weier

Snake Legend Artwork
Jaime Black

Archival Research
Troy Stozek

Background Research

Carol Amaratunga
Gwendolyn Blue
Ryan Brook
Stefan Epp
Carmen Fuentealba
Oscar Illanes
Andrea Kootenay
Dayna Kroeker
Susan Kutz
Stéphane McLachlan
Eva Potts
Justin Potts
Misty Potts
Juan Carlos Rodriguez-Lecompte
Manon Roy
Tamara Steffensen
Troy Stozek
Shirley Thompson
Anna Weier

Support

Neil Cashman
Stefan Epp
Sandra Hayes
Kevin Keough
Dayna Kroeker
Dean Rennie
Tamara Steffensen
Anna Weier
Michelle Wong

Appearances

Chief Cameron Alexis
Francis Alexis
Noah Alexis
Orlando Alexis
George Bird
Neil Cashman
Leonard Cote
Helen Cote-Quewezance
Darrel Crabbe
Robert (California Bob) Flores
Carmen Fuentealba
Oscar Illanes
Tony Jasen
Angela Jones
Christina Paintedstone
Bradley Kakakaway
Dymin-lee Kakakaway
Edna Kakakaway
Lavern Kakakaway
Katie Peterson
George (Chottie) Keewatin
Andrea Kootenay
Daniel Kootenay
Drake Kootenay
Felix Kootenay
Peter Kulchyski
Wahibal Letendre
Rennie Letendre
Alice Potts
Daisy Potts
Gilbert Potts
Loraine Potts
Percy Potts
Shane (Buffalo) Potts
Misty Potts
Gabriel Potts-Sanderson
Zachary Two Feathers Potts
Manon Roy
Lee Sanderson
Elrose Severight
Joyce Slater
Leona Tootoosis

Cultural Liaisons

Francis Alexis
Helen Cote-Quewezance
Robert Flores
Daisy Potts
Percy Potts
Misty Potts
Elrose Severight

We gratefully acknowledge
the financial support of:
(in alphabetical order)
Alberta Prion Research Institute
Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation
Environmental Conservation Lab
Health Canada
National Sciences and Engineering Research Council
PrioNet Canada
Social Science and Humanities Research Council
University of Manitoba
Yellowhead Tribal Council

Statistical Sources

Alberta Royalty Review
Government of Alberta Environment
Government of Alberta Energy

Music

“Cree Country”
“Someday”
“Nikoody Rhythm 4”
Eagle River Drum Group
“Campfire Blues”, Arbor Records, 2009

Eagle River Drum Group
Percy Potts Sr. – Lead Singer
Shane Potts
Eva Potts
Misty Potts
Ronald Potts
Tracy Potts
Brenda Kootenay
Andrea Kootenay
Don “Gub” Kootenay
Janice Kootenay
Tara Adams
Julian Kootenay
Allan Susan
Sidney Potts
Lionel Potts
Bernice Bull
Tahnee Bull
Lyndon Aginas
Leon Aginas
Josh Alexis
Kathleen Alexis

“Party Hard All Night Long”
performed by Noah Potts

“Honour Song”
performed by “Cuthbert’s Singers”

Cuthbert’s Singers
Cuthbert Keshane
Justice Keshane
Ralph Keshane
Robert Severight

“10/18/82 Song”
R. Carlos Nakai
“Changes”, Canyon Records, 1983

Archival material and stills

“Sioux Indians, 1951”
Hudson Bay Collection, Manitoba Archives
“Cutting a Birch Tree For Sap, 1946”
L. Jones, H.B.C. Collection, Manitoba Archives
“Along the Mackenzie Woman Making Moccasins, 1942”
T. Lloyd, Hudson Bay Collection, Manitoba Archives
“George McLean (Walking Buffalo), Banff, 1952”
P. H. Godsell, Manitoba Archives
“American Settlers on way to Alberta, 1890”
Manitoba Archives
“Signing Treaty No. 1, 1871, Lower Fort Garry”
Manitoba Archives
“Encampment of Pieqaw Indians in Pincher Creek Country”
Manitoba Archives
“Treaty Money, Great Falls, 1928”
Manitoba Archives
“Treaty no. 4” and “Treaty no. 6”
Government of Canada
“Canada Indian Treaties”
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada
“Chemical Warfare”
(video) Prelinger Archives www.prelinger.com
“Hidden Treasures Map”
Natural Resources Canada www.hrcan.gc.ca
“People Who Live on a Great Plain”
(video) Prelinger Archives www.prelinger.com