Our Team, Collaborators, Funders

Trepassers Beware! Team

Co-Director & Keeper of the Story: Chief Judith Manthe, Wyandot Nation of Kansas

Co-Director & Lead Curator: Neysa Page-Lieberman, Monumenta

Associate Curator: Marcela Andrade Serment, Monumenta

Lead Artists: Omakyehstih Collective (Bettizane “BZ” Smith Mendidehtih, Justine K. Smith, Rane Wilson), Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma

Graphic Designer: Macy Bennett, Wyandot Nation of Kansas

Lead Scholar: Tai Edwards

Lead Librarian: Anne Lacey

Artistic Advisor: Madeline Easley, Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma

Tribal Treasurer: Christy Manthe, Wyandot Nation of Kansas

Tribal Secretary: Natalie Jenkins, Wyandot Nation of Kansas

Publicist: Ellen McDonald

Contributor: Louisa Libby, Wyandot Nation of Kansas

Programming Contributor: Amy Kligman

ADA Consultant: George T. Smith Tahyanonka, Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma

Editor: Lee Ann Norman

Creative Collaborators

Video Production Cast/Crew: Justine K. Smith (director); Rachel Klewicki, Sooner Davenport, Alexis Geyer (principal actors); Louis Armstrong, Christy Manthe and son Logan Magee, Kelly, Lily and Wyatt Marshall, Jason Chanos, Eldon Yeakel (supporting actors); Manny Gonzalez (cinematographer); Jamie Lindemann (production designer); Jennifer Green (costume designer); Abigail Andres Hixsen (key carpenter); Amaka Maduabuch (props); Suzanne and Ray Bond, (historical prop loan); Joe Dimarchi, Soli Dunston, Jasha Lynos-Echo-Hawk, Jasmine Philips (production assistants)

Wyandotte Songs by Sahǫtrędutę Ɂ Singers and community guests: Arturo Garcia, Gabriel Garcia, Joshua Garcia, Kim Gray Garcia, Keith Gray, Nathan McAllister , T.J. Profitt, Justine Smith, Richard Zane Smith, Donna Rentfrow

Wyandotte Nation Cultural Center

Wyandot/Wyandotte Oral History Recordings: Chief Judith Manthe, Former Chief Janith English, Former 2nd Chief Louisa Libby, Richard Zane Smith, Holly Zane, Kristen Zane, (Wyandot Nation of Kansas), and Sallie Cotter Andrews, Chris Houk, Ciara Cotter , Terri Gawith, Kim Gray Garcia, Anne Marie Roper , granddaughter of Ruth Pearl Spybuck - Johnson, Jennifer Goodman, Marizane “Hoppi” Holt-Lilien (Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma)

Project Partners

Kansas City Repertory Theatre: Stuart Carden, Jana Liles, Grace Hudson, John Henningsen

Wyandotte County Historical Museum: Amanda Martin, Dave Hartman, Eldon Yeakel

Johnson County Community College: Tai Edwards, JoAnne Northrup,

Mary Ann Matos, Katherine Morse

Kansas City, Kansas Public Library: Anne Lacey

Our Funders

Trespassers Beware! is generously funded by the National Endowment for the Arts/ArtsHERE, in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance, Mellon Foundation, Humanities Kansas, Kansas Studies Institute at Johnson County Community College, Wyandotte County Historical Society and Museum, Kansas Arts Commission, Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma, and individual donors. Thank you for supporting our work to honor and celebrate the story of Fort Conley and Wyandot Women Warriors.