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General => Frauds => Topic started by: WINative on July 16, 2016, 06:58:09 pm

Title: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles, Soaring Eagles Wellness
Post by: WINative on July 16, 2016, 06:58:09 pm
I just ran across this person when I was searching online. I have never heard of him before and there is no thread on him and Google did not come up with much, except apparently he has done "over 45,000 healings" on people who come to him from all over the world.
He has also written a book and had a movie proposed about him. It seems he came out of nowhere, and since being from Wisconsin also someone would have likely heard about him. As with most frauds he looks the part of a Non-indian, doesn't say anything correctly, but also has chosen Oneida as his destination tribe. Oneida traditional healers do not call themselves medicine men or women and if legitimate are associated with the longhouse. Which he does not claim, one of the pages says he's "Ojibwa, Menomonee, and Onida" none of which are spelled correctly. His generic name, and claims of healing scream fraud. I know there's some excellent researchers in here.
So Im sharing what I have found.


About the Author
Russell FourEagles is a spiritual/energy healer with over 40 years of experience. He has performed over 45,000 healings in Canada, Central and South America, Europe, Indonesia, Thailand and across the United States, and visitors come to his healing center from all over the world. Russell has lived in Wisconsin most of his life, except for a stint in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. He finished his Medicine work apprenticeship under the tutelage of his Oneida Grandmother when he was 25 years old, but studied off and on until age 31. He began practicing the traditional medicine work in 1973 and due to demand, he opened Soaring Eagles Wellness Center in 1998. Russell has regularly sponsored seasonal healing conferences at the Soaring Eagles grounds, and has offered workshops on a number of Native American practices. He has also taught workshops at the University of Wisconsin-Menomonie on the traditional Oneida Healing and regularly speaks as a Native American Medicine Man and Holy Man at Native American gatherings and festivals across the country. Russell FourEagles is an oft sought-after source of wisdom on the authentic ways of the Original people locally, nationally, and worldwide. He openly shares this knowledge so that the old ways are not forgotten. Russell's Grandfather was captured living in the wilds of Canada and taken to the Couchiching Reserve in 1870, where he escaped and immigrated to the U.S. and settled near the Oneida Reservation, but not onto it. The medicine that Russell FourEagles's Grandmother taught him was therefore never broken and came directly down the lineage, since living off the reservation meant that none of his ancestors ever went to boarding school. His Grandmother learned from her grandmother and she learned from her grandmother back two hundred grandmothers.

https://www.facebook.com/russell.foureagles

http://soaringeagleswellness.com/

https://www.facebook.com/borntohealmovie/posts/1468365773399748

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Healer-Teachings-Oneida-Grandmother/dp/0835609278?ie=UTF8&ref_=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: Sparks on July 16, 2016, 07:38:37 pm
https://www.amazon.com/Making-Healer-Teachings-Oneida-Grandmother/dp/0835609278

46 customer reviews, 45 of which rate the book at five stars; one gives four. Too good to be true?

Here are more reviews, at the publisher's site. Look who recommends the book:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-making-of-a-healer-russell-foureagles/1118762533
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: WINative on July 16, 2016, 08:06:35 pm
Looks like his real name is Russell Allen Swonger, born July 21, 1951 in Trego Wisconsin. Only saw he's been married three times in his public record search. It looks like he started using the last name FourEagles after 2012 since he has a facebook account under Swonger until then.

https://www.facebook.com/russell.swonger


Here's his mother's obituary:

Lauretta “Ret” Swonger, age 86, a resident of  Spooner in Casey Township, died on Friday, September 26, 2008 at the Spooner Health System.

Lauretta May Olson was born on March 16, 1922 in Milwaukee, WI to Alfred Anton and Evaline Cordetta (Lackershire) Olson.  She attended a rural country school in the Trego area and as a child moved to Casey Township in the Spooner area where she resided her entire life.  Lauretta was united in marriage on January 11, 1939 at Trego, WI, to Edward E. Swonger who died on April 3, 1986.  She loved doing crossword puzzles, watching game shows, singing and listening to music and quoting scriptures from the Bible.

Survivors include her children: Virginia Correll of Spooner, Ed (Kay) Swonger of Spooner, Russell (Shelly) Swonger of Spooner, Roy (Joyce Kapp) Swonger of New Richmond, Geraldine “Jerri” (Dale) Blanchette of Spooner, and Gerald “Jerry” (Donna Ritter) Swonger of Spooner; 14 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; 7 great great grandchildren; brothers, Anton (May) Olson of  Spooner, Phillip Richie of Indiana; and Eugene (Arlene) Richie of Grand Marsh, WI; sisters, Marion Engle of Colfax, WI and Grace Swonger of Shawano, WI; and many nieces and nephews.  In addition to her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by son, Vernon; daughter, Helen; great grandsons, Christopher and James; granddaughter, Jessica; and one sister, Alice Swonger.
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: Sparks on July 16, 2016, 08:23:41 pm
He also published a book in 2012, parts of which can be read here:

https://www.amazon.com/After-Cleanse-Russell-Four-Eagles/dp/1450074480
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: WINative on July 16, 2016, 08:59:26 pm
His grandparents on his mothers side were Alfred Antone Olson and Evaline Cordetta Lackershire
On his fathers side they were Charles C. Swonger and Minerva O. Swaner or Swonger?

His great grandparents on his fathers side were Samuel W. Swonger and Mary E. Moyer
and George W. Swonger and Caroline Gall.

I bet if you have access to census records you will not find any of them listed as Native American and especially not of Oneida origins.


Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: Diana on July 17, 2016, 01:32:37 am
 I'll take a look tonight and post sometime tomorrow, I'm out of town right now so I wouldn't really be able to do amy research until tomorrow.

Diana


:)
Quote from: WINative lk=topic=4884.msg42803#msg42803 date=1468702766
His grandparents on his mothers side were Alfred Antone Olson and Evaline Cordetta Lackershire
On his fathers side they were Charles C. Swonger and Minerva O. Swaner or Swonger?

His great grandparents on his fathers side were Samuel W. Swonger and Mary E. Moyer
and George W. Swonger and Caroline Gall.

I bet if you have access to census records you will not find any of them listed as Native American and especially not of Oneida origins.
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: WINative on July 17, 2016, 04:46:11 pm
Cool Diane, I did more research and saw that his grandmother Evaline Cordetta Lackershire born 1895 and died 1985 could be the only one he could be referring to as his "Oneida grandmother." Since the other died in 1964, and he says he was taught the medicine ways until about 1984 by his grandmother. His grandmothers parents are:
Henry LaCourciere born 1868 in Oconto and died 1936, and his wife Lauretta Hover born 1869 in Pennsylvania and died 1892 in Spooner.
Both of Henry's parents were born in Quebec Canada. So I see no connection to the Oneida people at all in his family tree.
So it appears his Oneida roots is a lie, then you go to his claim of being a medicine man (which is absurd who calls themselves that?), and he does charge for services if you click on his web-site and click on book an appointment there is a fee chart.
Now does he have any actually healing abilities? I doubt it but I guess to me it does not matter if he's lying and misrepresenting himself, I wouldn't take a chance with him.
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: loudcrow on July 18, 2016, 01:33:25 am
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=swonger&GSfn=charles&GSmn=c&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=31487671&df=all&
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: loudcrow on July 18, 2016, 01:36:56 am
https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenname%3Aevaline~%20%2Bsurname%3Alackershire~
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: loudcrow on July 18, 2016, 01:46:50 am
Alfred Olson
United States Census, 1870
Name   Alfred Olson
Event Type   Census
Event Year   1870
Event Place   Wisconsin, United States
Gender   Male
Age   7
Race   White
Race (Original)   W
Birth Year (Estimated)   1862-1863
Birthplace   Wisconsin
Page Number   15
HOUSEHOLD

ROLE

GENDER

AGE

BIRTHPLACE

Jents Olson      M   43   Norway
Sophia Olson      F   41   Norway
Anna Olson      F   15   Wisconsin
Ella Olson      F   13   Wisconsin
Josephine Olson      F   11   Wisconsin
Emma Olson      F   9   Wisconsin
Alfred Olson      M   7   Wisconsin
Sagra Genson      F   68   Norway
CITING THIS RECORD

"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN94-G4K : 17 October 2014), Alfred Olson in household of Jents Olson, Wisconsin, United States; citing p. 15, family 113, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,207.
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: loudcrow on July 18, 2016, 01:48:49 am
Alfred Olson
United States Census, 1940
Name   Alfred Olson
Event Type   Census
Event Date   1940
Event Place   Ward 1, Eau Claire, Eau Claire City, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Gender   Male
Age   36
Marital Status   Married
Race (Original)   White
Race   White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)   Head
Relationship to Head of Household   Head
Birthplace   Wisconsin
Birth Year (Estimated)   1904
Last Place of Residence   Eau Claire, Wisconsin
HOUSEHOLD

ROLE

GENDER

AGE

BIRTHPLACE

Alfred Olson   Head   M   36   Wisconsin
Evalyn Olson   Wife   F   29   Wisconsin
Richard Olson   Son   M   9   Wisconsin
Mary Olson   Daughter   F   6   Wisconsin
Anabelle Olson   Daughter   F   5   Wisconsin
Shirley Olson   Daughter   F   3   Wisconsin
Sharon Olson   Daughter   F   3   Wisconsin
CITING THIS RECORD

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7VN-N1H : 17 May 2014), Alfred Olson, Ward 1, Eau Claire, Eau Claire City, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-7, sheet 13B, family 302, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4477.

View the original document. The original may contain more information than was indexed.
UNITED STATES CENSUS, 1940

Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: loudcrow on July 18, 2016, 01:49:45 am
Evalyn Olson
United States Census, 1940
Name   Evalyn Olson
Event Type   Census
Event Date   1940
Event Place   Ward 1, Eau Claire, Eau Claire City, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Gender   Female
Age   29
Marital Status   Married
Race (Original)   White
Race   White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)   Wife
Relationship to Head of Household   Wife
Birthplace   Wisconsin
Birth Year (Estimated)   1911
Last Place of Residence   Eau Claire, Wisconsin
HOUSEHOLD

ROLE

GENDER

AGE

BIRTHPLACE

Alfred Olson   Head   M   36   Wisconsin
Evalyn Olson   Wife   F   29   Wisconsin
Richard Olson   Son   M   9   Wisconsin
Mary Olson   Daughter   F   6   Wisconsin
Anabelle Olson   Daughter   F   5   Wisconsin
Shirley Olson   Daughter   F   3   Wisconsin
Sharon Olson   Daughter   F   3   Wisconsin
CITING THIS RECORD

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7VN-N1C : 17 May 2014), Evalyn Olson in household of Alfred Olson, Ward 1, Eau Claire, Eau Claire City, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 18-7, sheet 13B, family 302, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 4477.
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: loudcrow on July 18, 2016, 02:28:09 am
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=swonger&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=51&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=30404575&df=all&
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: Diana on July 18, 2016, 02:32:21 am
Here's Russell Swonger's parents in the 1940's census with their first daughter Virginia who's named in the obit. Lol, I don't know about the date of their marriage 1939 they already had a 51/2 child.



Loretta Swonger
in the 1940 United States Federal Census

Name:   Loretta Swonger
Age:   18
Estimated birth year:   abt 1922
Gender:   Female
Race:   White
Birthplace:   Wisconsin
Marital Status:   Married
Relation to Head of House:   Wife
Home in 1940:   Casey, Washburn, Wisconsin
Map of Home in 1940:   View Map
Street:   Town Road
Inferred Residence in 1935:   Rural, Washburn, Wisconsin
Residence in 1935:   Rural, Washburn, Wisconsin
Resident on farm in 1935:   Yes
Sheet Number:   2B
Attended School or College:   No
Highest Grade Completed:   Elementary school, 7th grade
Weeks Worked in 1939:   0
Income:   0
Income Other Sources:   No
Neighbors:   View others on page
Household Members:   
Name   Age
Edward Swonger   28
Loretta Swonger   18
Virginia Swonger   5/12
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: loudcrow on July 18, 2016, 02:43:54 am
Sorry I made a duplicate post earlier. Here is a link to the entire Swonger/Schwanger family tree: http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/s/w/o/Alvin-K-Swonger/GENE12-0064.html
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: loudcrow on July 18, 2016, 02:47:48 am
His educational background is very interesting: http://www.yatedo.com/p/Russell+Swonger/normal/8ceea342c3c48dc96f7163a4fc8f4d15
Title: Re: Russell FourEagles Wisconsin
Post by: Diana on July 18, 2016, 02:58:15 am
Oops! My bad, the Swonger's daughter Virginia is 5 1/2 months old not years. Sorry, I'm very tired just drove 6 hrs. Could a moderator delete my comments about the Swongers marriage. Thank you.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: educatedindian on July 18, 2016, 12:14:40 pm
In this interview he claims both his parents were "half Indian" tribe not named. That's not credible, any ancestry he has is obviously distant, if not made up. He also has this story as supposedly traditional creation lore.

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http://www.edgemagazine.net/2016/03/walk-in-love-russell-foureagles/
"...when the Creator grabbed His first two piles of dust and made the heart box, they were red piles of dust. He reached over the White Cliffs of Dover and brought back two piles of white dust. He reached over to the Gobi Desert and brought back two piles of yellow dust. Then reached over to Africa and brought two piles of black sand — and He made all of the people..."

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On Twitter this claim.

https://twitter.com/russellfoureagl
i am a four time terminal cancer survivor, with herbal medicine.

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As someone else noted, his two biggest endorsers are notorious frauds, Brooke Edwards AKA Medicine Eagle and Sandra Ingerman.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: loudcrow on July 19, 2016, 02:12:49 am
I should have been more clear when I posted information about his genealogy. Evaline/Evalyn Lackershire Olson was his
great grandmother who was Native and his teacher.

Evalyn Olson
United States Census, 1940
Name   Evalyn Olson
Event Type   Census
Event Date   1940
Event Place   Ward 1, Eau Claire, Eau Claire City, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States
Gender   Female
Age   29
Marital Status   Married
Race (Original)   White
Race   White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original)   Wife
Relationship to Head of Household   Wife
Birthplace   Wisconsin
Birth Year (Estimated)   1911
Last Place of Residence   Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: WINative on July 19, 2016, 12:08:37 pm
Interesting in his interview he states, " Russell listened to the wisdom given to him since the age of 5 by his Oneida grandmother, Coretta Mae Smith." Which can only refer to his mothers mother; Evaline or Evalyn Cordetta Lackershire, who married several times and was also an Olson, Ritchey, and Hartman. She was born 1895 and died November 22, 1984. Looks like she is listed as White on all census and her fathers family French. He seems good at making up stories. I wonder if he is actually a Vietnam Veteran or had terminal cancer 4 times?
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: educatedindian on July 19, 2016, 07:04:11 pm
All cancer is technically terminal. Technically, he could have had skin cancers four times, and had them removed easily, and the risk of death is only about 2%. He could have had prostate cancer which takes 10 years to develop and can be caught in time easily.  We'd have to see which cancers and how far advanced they were to actually know how credible the claim is.

He does say in interviews he talked about being in Vietnam for several chapters of his book and says he healed himself of PTSD. You can't view any part of it on Amazon and I couldn't find any link with excerpts.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: Sparks on July 19, 2016, 10:32:53 pm
He does say in interviews he talked about being in Vietnam for several chapters of his book and says he healed himself of PTSD. You can't view any part of it on Amazon and I couldn't find any link with excerpts.

It is indeed possible to "Look inside this book" at this Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Healer-Teachings-Oneida-Grandmother/dp/0835609278
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: WINative on July 19, 2016, 10:47:10 pm
For a man that lies about his ethnicity and racial background and his grandparents and his history it's very hard for me to believe anything he says or writes.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: debbieredbear on July 19, 2016, 11:07:28 pm
For a man that lies about his ethnicity and racial background and his grandparents and his history it's very hard for me to believe anything he says or writes.

Unfortunately, WINative, too many nuagers don't seem to care about those things. A person I know asked me why I was so against one fraud because what he said "wasn't so bad, in fact it was so loving". It didn't matter that he was a liar  and worse. The only thing she heard was his words. I was floored.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: Defend the Sacred on July 20, 2016, 05:15:39 pm
For a man that lies about his ethnicity and racial background and his grandparents and his history it's very hard for me to believe anything he says or writes.

Unfortunately, WINative, too many nuagers don't seem to care about those things. A person I know asked me why I was so against one fraud because what he said "wasn't so bad, in fact it was so loving". It didn't matter that he was a liar  and worse. The only thing she heard was his words. I was floored.

Yes, I've heard non-Natives say, "Well, I'm going to get the book and just use the parts I like." I had to explain that by buying the book she put money in the pocket of a liar and a fraud. She increased the sales ranking of a book that had blatant lies about people she claims to love and respect. How selfish that she was just hoping to glean some secrets, some info or intel (that was his marketing strategy) and didn't care about the harm to her supposed friends and their culture.

And when liars, frauds and boundary-violators like that get nice, untrue, things said about them, and when their books sell, they get hired to present at fraud gatherings and yoga studios and other fraud fests where they continue to sell their lies. If they get really popular, they run bad ceremonies that cause people psychological, emotional and financial damage. Some even cause physical damage, in the extreme cases the deaths, but in so many other cases health problems from bad medical advice, untrained herbal advice, or frauds claiming spiritual healing skills they do not have and convincing people to not get adequate medical care as a sign of faith.

In standing aside, in being "nice" when they could have spoken out, their casual supporters and "neutral" bystanders are participating in doing harm to the innocent. When someone is harmed, they also have blood on their hands for their cowardice.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: Defend the Sacred on July 20, 2016, 05:29:23 pm
Check out this video. Looks to me like standard newage bafflegab sold to white people as "Native American Medicine". Dangerous as he is claiming he can cure cancer and "neutralize radiation," while the guy he works on "chants mantras" (that sound like nuage versions of Hindu or Buddhist ones they learn bastardized versions of, ripped out of their original religious context). White people in made-up headdresses of feathers on top hats, doing newage chants to both Krishna (Hindu) and Yahweh (Christian) while they do pretendian dances around a hibachi where they burn tobacco ties. Yargh. What a mess.

https://youtu.be/PiCKNV58iz4

If this is anything but a white guy ripping off other white people I'll eat that chicken feather top hat. Fraud. Dangerous Fraud.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: Defend the Sacred on July 20, 2016, 05:41:38 pm
https://www.facebook.com/SoaringEaglesWellness/

Looks like he went to L.A. and got in the "sell sweats to the semi-famous white people" racket. I think Rachel Hunter is a model who either is or used to be married to '60's /'70s Scottish rock singer Rod Stewart.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: Defend the Sacred on July 20, 2016, 05:50:32 pm
Call Fish and Wildlife whenever and wherever he's got a gig or wherever he's staying.

Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: WINative on July 20, 2016, 10:36:26 pm
Yes he is pretty dangerous especially if he's trying to convince the public he can cure cancer better then any doctor. Saying he has "healed 45,000 people and 900 extreme cancer clients."
Also he is Misappropriating Oneida culture by saying he teaches Oneida healing and tradition. I watched his hour long youtube video and there's nothing he does that even closely resembles Oneida ways. He tells a "Creation Story" taught to him by his grandmother which is not Oneida, not sure what it is? Also "the Oneida fire ceremony" he refers to is a made-up concoction of beliefs. Writing trauma on paper and burning it is similar to White Bison Mending Broken Hearts training. But never seen or heard of that done in traditional ceremonies.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles, Soaring Eagles Wellness
Post by: Defend the Sacred on July 21, 2016, 09:59:07 pm
All cancer is technically terminal. Technically, he could have had skin cancers four times, and had them removed easily, and the risk of death is only about 2%.

Looking at how pale he is naturally, vs how tan he tries to get, I'd imagine he gets low-level skin cancers removed quite regularly, like most white people who've spent too much time in the sun. Malignant melanoma has taken out quite a few pretendians who seem to believe that sunburn makes them look Native. The fact he's had the resources to get these moles and carcinomas removed early just shows how far removed he is from the lives and substandard medical care most actual natives have to make do with.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles
Post by: educatedindian on July 22, 2016, 05:04:16 pm
He does say in interviews he talked about being in Vietnam for several chapters of his book and says he healed himself of PTSD. You can't view any part of it on Amazon and I couldn't find any link with excerpts.

It is indeed possible to "Look inside this book" at this Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Healer-Teachings-Oneida-Grandmother/dp/0835609278

Unlike most Amazon books, this one had no "Look inside" label. But the preview doesn't include the chapters on his time in Vietnam.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles, Soaring Eagles Wellness
Post by: mswonger on October 20, 2016, 02:58:39 am
I just have a question...

opening a can of worms I am guessing. in 3....2.....1.....GO



I am is niece.....

With that being said....My father and I dont speak so I dont get to see or talk to much of my father's side of the family but I do know the family tree...

Here is my issue... Can you PLEASE out of RESPECT of the DEAD keep his SISTER out of these comments.

If you can do your searches then you know that his oldest his has pass away.  She was up in age. I am so glad that you have our family tree in here. Just asking to respect her instead of LOL.... THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR! I am pretty sure if you seen that about your aunt after she has pass away you would be pretty upset also.
 
I am not trying to be rude! So please dont be rude or hateful!

Thank you!

Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles, Soaring Eagles Wellness
Post by: Defend the Sacred on October 21, 2016, 07:17:05 pm
Here is my issue... Can you PLEASE out of RESPECT of the DEAD keep his SISTER out of these comments.

If you can do your searches then you know that his oldest his has pass away.  She was up in age. I am so glad that you have our family tree in here. Just asking to respect her instead of LOL.... THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR! I am pretty sure if you seen that about your aunt after she has pass away you would be pretty upset also.
 
I am not trying to be rude! So please dont be rude or hateful!

Thank you!

Hi. I'm sorry you're having to deal with a harmful person in your family. You have my sympathies. But I'm unclear on who his sister was and what you're asking of us.

Is there anything anyone in your family can do about him? He's endangering people in a very serious way, and anything that can be done to put a stop to his fraudulent practices, especially around misleading and potentially harming cancer patients, could be really helpful to the people he's hurting.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles, Soaring Eagles Wellness
Post by: Hankbb on January 28, 2018, 09:26:58 pm
I know Russell's family. 2 of his children recently did their ancestry DNA. Allegedly both tests came back with less than 1% Native American.
Title: Re: Russell Swonger AKA Russell Four Eagles, Soaring Eagles Wellness
Post by: RedRightHand on June 19, 2019, 08:15:54 pm
This fraud is still active, he has just changed the urls of his websites and social media.

He is still making outrageous claims about being able to heal people with his fake "Native American" remedies. He has no "Native American" remedies as he is a white fraud.

He is telling people all sorts of bizarre things, including that he lives on a reserve, and he is listing himself on what look to be medical websites. If he is doing his fake "energy healings" and other snake oil scams on people with serious conditions, he is still very dangerous.

We look at him and laugh, seeing an obvious, white con man. But recent correspondence indicates he is still fooling desperate, ill, non-Natives who are looking for help with painful health problems.

People - do not go to frauds like this. You will just lose money and maybe your sanity. Stay away from these creeps.