We gratefully acknowledge each person’s willingness to help us tell this story.
1. Fred Townsend – Member, Burns Paiute Tribe
2. Gary Marshall – Harney County Rancher, Board Chair of High Desert Partnership
3. Tara McLain – Real Estate Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Burns District
4. Diane Teeman – 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 Resident, Former Militia Member
11. Shawna Cox – Refuge Occupier
12. Ethan Knight – Assistant U.S. Attorney, Oregon District, Bundy Trials Prosecutor
13. Gary Ivey – Biologist, Friends of Malheur
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 Sophomore
20. John O'Connor – Harney County Rancher
21. Greg Bretzing – Special-Agent-In-Charge, FBI, Oregon
22. Ammon Bundy – Refuge Occupation Leader
23. Lisa Ludwig – Defense Counsel, First Bundy Trial
24. Jeff Maupin – Harney County Rancher
25. Chris Briels – Harney County Fire Chief
26. Rick Roy – Biologist, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
27. Charlotte Roderique – Chair, Burns Paiute Tribe
28. Dwight Hammond – Convicted of Arson on Public Land
29. Ryan Bundy – Refuge Occupation Leader
30. Jason Patrick – Refuge Occupier
31. Suzanne Settle – Harney County Resident
32. Stacy Davies – Harney County Rancher
33. Patty Limerick – Historian, Faculty Director and Board Chair at Center of the American West, University of Colorado
34. Billy Williams – U.S. Attorney, Oregon District
35. Andy Dunbar – Harney County Rancher
36. Lisa Maxfield – Defense Counsel, Second Bundy Trial
37. Jake Thompson – Social Studies Teacher, Burns High School
38. Monica McCanna – Contractor, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
39. Steve Grasty – Harney County Judge (Commissioner)
40. Dan Nichols – Rancher, Harney County Commissioner
41. Pauline Braymen – Former Editor, Burns Times Herald Newspaper
42. Will Fisher – Occupation Supporter
43. Brand Thornton – Refuge Occupier
44. Tiffany Harris – Defense Counsel, Second Bundy Trial
45. Mary Davies Kerns – Harney County Rancher
46. Minerva Soucie – Teacher, Basket Weaver, Burns Paiute Tribe
47. Duane Ehmer – Refuge Occupier
48. Marty Cronk – Rainbow Gathering Participant
49. Cheryl Smith – Burns Florist
50. Jeff Banta – Refuge Occupier, one of final four holdouts
51. LaVoy Finicum – Refuge Occupier, killed by police at road stop
52. David Fry – Refuge Occupier, one of final four holdouts
53. Brenda Smith – Director, High Desert Partnership
54. Louie Smith – Harney County Resident
55. Dillon Banton – Harney County Resident
56. Joan Rivard – Poet, Rainbow Gathering Participant
57. Morgan Philpot – Defense Counsel, First Bundy Trial
58. Kate Brown – Governor of Oregon
59. Jamey Landin – Harney County Resident
60. Jeanette Finicum – Widow of Refuge Occupier LaVoy Finicum
61. Joan Armstead – Harney County Resident
62. Bruce Taylor – Conservation Specialist, High Desert Partnership
63. Linda Beck – Fish Biologist, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
64. Brad Steffey – Portland Resident
65. Esther Lev – Director, Wetlands Conservancy
66. BJ Soper – Founder, Pacific Patriot Network
67. Jon Ritzheimer – Refuge Occupier
68. Andrew Shields – Sage Grouse Biologist, Roaring Springs Ranch
69. John Lamb – Occupation Supporter
70. Marcus Mumford – Trial Attorney for Ammon Bundy
71. Dag Robinson – Harney County Clerk, Head of Elections
72. Dwight Ausmus – Pyrotechnics Specialist, 4th of July Fireworks Show
73. Greg Walden – U.S. Representative, 2nd District, Oregon
74. Linsay Tyler – Harney County Resident
75. Richard Mack – Founder, Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association
76. Barbara Berg – Nevada Resident, Occupation Supporter
77. Larry Jay – Harney County Resident
78. Ken Medenbach – Refuge Occupier
Quotes from our Cast
“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.”
“The Western is not about the West; it’s about issues involving values, society, a sense of self, and about how humans live in community…universal issues that human nature struggles with.”
“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 wars have battles. This war came to Harney County.”
“We’re doing battle for the people here. But it’s a much bigger picture. Freedom isn’t free; you’ve got to work at it.”
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