The exterior shots of the film were shot on the same land as the iconic film, "Where The Red Fern Grows".
Alongside Nanyehi, Winnie Guess Perdue (Elderly Nanyehi) is named one of five "Cherokee Women Who Changed the World" in the Cherokee Supreme Court Exhibit in Tahlequah.
Becky Hobbs (Writer & Producer) is the 5th-great granddaughter of "Nanyehi" Nancy Ward.