The Ground Beneath Us features a variety of leaders, scholars, and Native Americans from our region, including U.S. Representative Zach Wamp, Russell Townsend, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, Dr. Nick Honerkamp, Director of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Alva Crowe, Citizen of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. The documentary also features several students from the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma who visited this area to learn more about their history and walk on the land of their ancestors. Peter DeLynn, WTCI Senior Vice President of Production and Operations, is the Executive Producer and Wallace Braud is the Producer of the documentary.