We gratefully acknowledge each person’s willingness to help us tell this story.
Quotes from our Cast
“The Western is not about the West; it’s about universal issues that human nature struggles with.”
“If we can’t work through the differences that we’ve found in our little community, how can we expect the rest of the nation to work through the division that we face?”
“It just felt like a different cavalry, wearing a bunch of different suits. Imagine if I would’ve called on the Natives, ‘Hey, come over here, bring your guns.’ There were a lot of mad Natives…they don’t forget.”
“Let’s not destroy what we are doing because we think we have to make a stand for everything that’s happened in the goddamn past!”
“This is ground zero of Constitutional law.”
“We were completely ignored. When that happens, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish their governments and put up new guards.”
“You don’t get to pick and choose which parts of the Constitution support your cause. The reality is, we’re beholden to all of it. All of us.”
“When we started talking about the collaboration we got a lot of people saying, “Good idea, but that’ll never work here. And, then it did.”
“One of the craziest things about the occupation of the Wildlife Refuge was the fact that Mr. Bundy stood up and said, ‘Give it back to its rightful owners…the ranchers.’”
“You can get so far to the left and so far to the right, that you end up finding each other where that circle meets”
“It’s a dynamic of a war, basically. It’s a war on rural America, and this war came to Harney County.”
“We’re doing battle for the people here. Freedom isn’t free; you’ve got to work at it.”
1. Fred Townsend – Burns Paiute Tribe
2. Gary Marshall – Harney County Rancher
3. Tara McLain – Bureau of Land Management, Burns District
4. Diane Teeman, PhD – Director of Culture & Heritage Department, Burns Paiute Tribe
5. Bob Sallinger – Conservation Director, Portland Audubon
6. Wes Kerns – Harney County Rancher
7. Georgia Marshall – Harney County Rancher
8. Audri Ward – Middle School Student
9. Chad Karges – Manager, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
10. Paul Gray – Harney County Emergency Manager
11. Shawna Cox – Refuge Occupier
12. Ethan Knight – Assistant U.S. Attorney, Oregon
13. Gary Ivey – Biologist, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Ret.)
14. Erin Maupin – Harney County Rancher
15. Dave Ward – Harney County Sheriff
16. Jarvis Kennedy – Councilman, Burns Paiute Tribe
17. Joey Lucas – Harney County District Attorney
18. Neil Wampler – Refuge Occupier
19. Ashlie Presley – Burns High School Student
20. John O'Connor – Water Manager, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Ret.)
21. Greg Bretzing – FBI Special-Agent-In-Charge, Oregon
22. Ammon Bundy – Refuge Occupation Leader
23. Lisa Ludwig – Defense Counsel
24. Jeff Maupin – Harney County Rancher
25. Chris Briels – Harney County Fire Chief (Ret.)
26. Rick Roy – Biologist, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge (Ret.)
27. Charlotte Roderique – Chair, Burns Paiute Tribe
28. Dwight Hammond – Harney County Rancher
29. Ryan Bundy – Refuge Occupation Leader
30. Jason Patrick – Refuge Occupier
31. Suzanne Settle – Harney County 911 Dispatch Manager
32. Stacy Davies – General Manager, Roaring Springs Ranch
33. Patty Limerick, PhD – Western Historian; U. Colorado, Boulder
34. Billy Williams – U.S. Attorney, Oregon
35. Andy Dunbar – Harney County Rancher
36. Lisa Maxfield – Defense Counsel
37. Jake Thompson – Civics Teacher, Burns High School
38. Monica McCanna – Educator; Contractor, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
39. Steve Grasty – Harney County Judge (Head County Commissioner)
40. Dan Nichols – Harney County Rancher; County Commissioner
41. Pauline Braymen – Editor, Burns Times Herald (Ret.)
42. Will Fisher – Activist
43. Brand Thornton – Refuge Occupier
44. Tiffany Harris – Defense Counsel
45. Mary Davies Kerns – Harney County Rancher
46. Minerva Soucie – Education Director, Burns Paiute Tribe
47. Duane Ehmer – Refuge Occupier
48. Marty Cronk – Rainbow Gathering Participant
49. Thara Tenney – LaVoy Finicum's Daughter
50. Jeff Banta – Refuge Occupier
51. LaVoy Finicum – Refuge Occupation Leader
52. David Fry – Refuge Occupier
53. Brenda Smith – Executive Director, High Desert Partnership
54. Ken Medenbach – Refuge Occupier
55. Dillon Banton – Harney County Resident
56. Linsay Tyler – Harney County Resident
57. Morgan Philpot – Defense Counsel
58. Barbara Berg – Activist
59. Gary Stubbs – Rainbow Gathering Participant
60. Jeanette Finicum – LaVoy Finicum's wife
61. Jon Ritzheimer – Refuge Occupier
62. Bruce Taylor – Conservationist, Defenders of Wildlife
63. Linda Beck – Fish Biologist, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
64. Brad Steffey – Activist
65. Esther Lev – Conservationist, E.D. Wetlands Conservancy
66. Rick Koerber – Paralegal
67. Grace Jenkins – Middle School Student
68. John Lamb – Activist
69. Marcus Mumford – Defense Counsel
70. Dag Robinson – Harney County Clerk
71. Roberta Smith – Birder
72. Andrew Shields – Biologist, Roaring Springs Ranch
73. Vena Dunbar – Harney County Rancher
74. Matt Schindler – Defense Counsel
75. Jury Foreman – Bundy Trial
76. Charles Pratt Porter – Activist
77. Alan Johnson – Candidate for Harney County Sheriff
78. Kelli Stewart – Activist
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