Tears in the Sand
Producer/ Writer: Sherry Niermann
Photographer/ Editor: Lisa D Olken
Special Assistance: Pat Mendoza, John Sipes, Jr., Cheyenne Tribal Historian
Narrator: Manuel Roybal
Post Production: Daniel Mercure
Production Coordinator: Kim Kendrick
Additional Photography:
Walter M. Baas
Chris Wheeler
WJCT-TV, Jacksonville, FL
Prairie Public Broadcasting, ND
Museum of Natural History, Denver
Colorado Division of Wildlife
Graphics: Kris Connery
Archival Images:
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Anchutz Collection, James O. Milmoe, Photographer
Boulder Museum of History, Marc Dickey, Photographer
Colorado Historical Society
Denver Art Museum
Denver Public Library, Western History Collection
Dover Publications, New York
Eagle Plume Gallery, Allenspark, CO
Florida State Archives
Greenwich Workshop, Turnbull, CT
Heron Publishing, Clyde Heron
John Sipes, Jr. Collection
Kansas Historical Society
Library of Congress
Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument
Massachusetts Historical Society
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of New Mexico, Palace of Governors, Santa Fe, NM
National Archives
National Cowboy Hall of Fame, Oklahoma City, OK
New York Historical Society
Oklahoma Historical Society
Pecos National Historic Park, Roy Anderson, Artist
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, OK
Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
Eugene J. Ridgely, Sr. Collection
St Augustine Historical Society, FL
Smithsonian
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
University of Oklahoma, Western History Collection
Terry Wilson Collection
Character Voices:
Ron Arrowsmith
Walter Baas, John Burshtan
Tom Craig, Paul Daugherty
Tom Dudzinski, Tom Feliu
Dan Flenniken, Eric Hozempa
Joe McGee, Daniel Mercure
Kerry Noller, Tom Schomburg
Trux Simmons, Alan Shrefler
Michael Spencer, Chris Thompson
Native American Voices:
Michael Berryhill, Jack Cardinal,
Bernard Cottonwood, James Eagle Road
Andrew Herrald, Pat Mendoza,
Ann Strange Owl-Raben, Don Sanders,
Julian Watson, Rodney Whiteface, Sr.
Interns: Danielle Lynette, Alisha Horowitz
Original Music: by Culture Blend
Pat Mendoza, Tom June, Neil Haverstick
AirBorn Sound Studios, Steve Wiest
Special Thanks:
John Paul Gay
Terry Ranch, Cheyenne Wyoming
Living History Re-Enactment Colorado Volunteers
University of Oklahoma Press
Boulder Creek Press
Special thanks to: Cheyenne Tribal Historian, John Sipes, Jr. for sharing the stories of his people.
Director of Network Production and Creative Services: Linda Rea
Produced In cooperation with: The Denver Public Library and The Colorado Historical Society
