FILM CAST
NATIVE | The Prodigies of an Icon is narrated by the ranchers, producers, and specialists featured in the film.

Allan Savory
President
The Savory Institute
Global Leader in understanding Holistic Management
Stuart, Florida

Troy Heinert
South Dakota State Senator | House Minority Leader
Executive Director of the InterTribal Buffalo Council
Sicangu Lakota, South Dakota

Dave Carter
Executive Director (past)
The National Bison Association
Co-Owner of the herd at the West Bijou Ranch
Strasburg, Colorado

Byron Shelton
Program Director
The Savory Institute | West Bijou Ranch
Strasburg, Colorado

Dan Nosal
Rangeland Management Specialist
United States Department of Agriculture | Natural Resources Conservation Services

Ace Ward
Chief Operating Officer
Rocky Mountain Natural Meats | Great Range Brand Bison
Denver, Colorado

Gregg and Tami Notts
Owners
Memphis Ranch | Authentic American Bison
Carr, Colorado

Jason Baldes
Secretary
InterTribal Buffalo Council
Shoshone Tribe Wind River
The Wind River Reservation (Eastern Shoshone Tribe)

John Flocchini
Owner
Durham Ranch
Board Member
National Buffalo Foundation
Wright, Wyoming

Scott and Kaytlen Assman
Co-Founders
Dakota Pure Bison
Wood, South Dakota

Mike and Darla Assman
Organic Farmers and Ranchers
Assman Land and Cattle
Wood, South Dakota

Wizipan “Little Elk” Garriott
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary
Indian Affairs US Department of Interior
Previously: Chief Executive Officer
REDCO | Rosebud Economic Development Corporation
The Rosebud Reservation (Sicangu Lakota Oyate Tribe)

Carrie Starr
President
Eastern Bison Association
Co-Owner
Cherokee Valley Bison Ranch
Thornville, Ohio (Eastern Cherokee Tribe)

Jarrod Starr
Co-Owner
Cherokee Valley Bison Ranch
Thornville, Ohio

TJ Heinert
Assistant Manager
The Wolakota Buffalo Range
The Rosebud Reservation (Sicangu Lakota Oyate Tribe)

Michelle Haukaas
Garden Manager
Sicangu Community Development Corporation
The Rosebud Reservation (Sicangu Lakota Oyate Tribe)

Nichole Weaver
Rancher, Mother, Baker
Bigelow Fields Bison Ranch
Eustis, ME

Michael Weaver
Rancher, Father
Bigelow Fields Bison Ranch
Eustis, ME.

Joseph Robbins
Chef
Bissell Brothers Brewery – Three Rivers
Milo, ME (Penobscot Tribe)

Sage Fast Dog
Education Director
Sicangu CDC
Mission, SD (Lakota Sicangu)

Matte Wilson
Food Sovereignty Director
Sicangu CDC
Mission, SD (Lakota Sicangu)

Katrina Fuller
Health Director
Sicangu CDC
Mission, SD (Lakota Sicangu)

Karen Moore
Market Coordinator
Sicangu CDC
Mission, SD (Lakota Sicangu)

Liz Riffle
Co-Owner
Riffle Farms
Terra Alta, WV

Donald Beard
Texas Park Ranger
Caprock Canyon State Park
Owner
Caprock Bison Company
Quitaque, TX

Cecil Miskin
Owner
Herd Wear
Claude, TX

Elizabeth Goodin McGarr
Goodin Family
Goodnight Ranch Preservation
Claude, TX

Karli Fields
Charles and Mary Ann Goodnight Ranch State Historic
Claude, TX

Ron and Theresa Miskin
Owners
The Buffalo Wool Company
Weatherford, TX
FILM MUSICIANS

Paul Hacker
Various Indigenous Flute Tracks (Recorded)
Musician / Artist
Paul Hacker Knives and Flutes
Oklahoma (Choctaw / Cherokee)

Sicangu School Students
“Thanthanka Olowan” (LIVE)
Student Singers
Sicangu CDC Elementary School
Mission, SD (Lakota)

Arrow Funmaker
“Tatonka Buffalo Song” (LIVE)
Cultural Programming Director
Thundermaker Cultural Recovery
Chino Valley, AZ (Ho-Chunk Nation)
FEATURED RANCHES
NATIVE | The Prodigies of an Icon features ranches, conservation parks, and indigenous communities across the United States. The following map represents locations filmed.