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http://www.bluecorncomics.com/stype039.htm Check out the "Mardi Gras Indians"

Long article with much else, you have to read to the bottom of the page to gather all the"Mardi Gras Indians" stuff.

"Don Sly" is still active on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/don.sly.33/

There are lots of photos of him in Plains dressing. Seems many of them are from another Facebook place:

https://www.facebook.com/Soaringeaglesingers [Native medicine drum group.]

Both FB places link to: http://aquidneckindiancouncil.org/
[Aquidneck Island Intertribal Indian Council
Home of the Soaring Eagle Singers]

I moved the topic. Let us list any and all FB pages, esp. those filled with ridiculous stereotypical AI slop, falsely claiming to be Native.

If the page is run by someone non-Native who simply has an interest in the culture or issues, they should not be listed. But commercial pages esp. there to promote a business selling knockoffs of Natives arts and crafts certainly belongs on this list.

They are as active as ever: https://www.maineprimitive.com/

If one subscribes to newsletters, they will come from Michael Douglas <staff@maineprimitive.com>.

They are now (2026, 2027, 2028 moving into Sámi areas in Sweden, which concerns me:

https://www.maineprimitive.com/experiences-in-person/p/maine-primitive-arctic-circle-survival-expedition-sweden-with-michael-douglas-toby-cowern

https://www.maineprimitive.com/sweden-nomadic-journey-2026

QuoteYou will learn from Sámi hosts, move through reindeer country, practice fieldcraft, and share seasonal meals that connect place to plate.

Quote from: czech on February 07, 2011, 09:35:38 AMhttp://www.minesandcommunities.org/

Still a very valuable resource, although no new articles since 2022:

QuoteWelcome Mines and Communities

Mines and Communities is now an archive site, after the sad death of its chief editor, Roger Moody in 2022. Mines and Communities was active from 2001 to 2022 in publishing articles on the detriment of mining. Those articles are still available here although no new articles will be added.


This website is a data base of around 14,000 articles covering 1856 mining companies with operations in 171 countries concerning 82 minerals and metals, published by a unique network of indigenous and solidarity NGOs, representing many thousands of people directly affected by the mining industry.

This site also has the Partizans archive and you can read more about the history of Partizans and associated organisations.

MAC was launched in 2001, and its priorities were governed by an editorial board, under our foundation statement, the London Declaration. We provide communities, NGOs, activists, the media - and the general public - with information about many aspects of global mining and its impacts.

Sámi- (Saami)- related stuff: 69 articles about Norway. 40 articles about Sweden. 30 articles about Finland.

Quote from: critter - a white non-ndn person on December 08, 2011, 02:04:58 AMhttp://www.facebook.com/DancingMoccasins

This FB page is very active. Some authentic stuff, mixed with obviously fake AI posts, links to other fake pages and also links to regular news items.

There must be hundreds if not thousands of "indigenous" FB pages like this.

Is it possible to list them and warn against them?

Sam Morningstar at Quora did some genealogy work on their leadership and claims of descent.

https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Lenape-Nation-of-Pennsylvania-legitimate-or-pretendian-Does-coming-from-a-non-former-Jim-Crow-state-make-it-any-more-reliable
It's bogus.

And coming from a non-former Jim Crow state doesn't have anything to do with reliability or veracity levels.

I mean, one of the very worst states that is propelling overtly fraudulent "tribes" is liberal Vermont. They just love recognizing fake Abenaki groups up there. And like the Lenape of Pennsylvania, the members of these groups do not even have the ancestral connections that they are claiming. Yet, state, municipal, and local governments as well as public and private orgs love to platform these fake groups anyway.

Of course, these groups may try to lay claim to Native progenitors/lineages. Or, they try to posture and pantomime reciting their supposed ancestral bona fides. But, they fall apart upon any further inspection.

Let's take just a very cursory look, shall we?

So, the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania is claiming their members descend from Hannah Freeman, Isaac Still, Killbuck and Henry.


Well, they've got a huge problem right out of the gate because Hannah Freeman never had children. She remained in the east as a single, indigent elderly woman. Isaac Still moved west - out of PA - with his tribe. Same for Killbuck. And "Henry" is ill-defined here.

And if you really want to do a deep dive on this group, look at the current "chief," Adam Waterbear Depaul.


He's an inter-generational legacy Pretendian, getting his "Lenape" claim from his Pretendian mother, Shelley (Halstead) Depaul.


She claimed her grandfather Robert Seipler was of Lenape ancestry. Fun fact: he was not. FakeIndians/AncestorStealing blog has debunked that claim.

Shelley DePaul, Swartmore College Has a Fraud!
Shelley, Shelley, Shelley, it is not like you have not been warned... Perhaps the University of Pennsylvania and Swartmore would learn to ...
https://ancestorstealing.blogspot.com/2015/11/shelley-depaul-swartmore-college-has.html
There are no doubt a very small number of descendants of remote Lenape ancestors. But, this cohort represents a descendant population, not members of a tribal nation with any Native status. Further, they would need to be way more specific and less cagey about this ancestry to even be recognized as legit descendants, whether by the wider Lenape population or even just within a genealogical context.

An analogy would be like Pocahontas descendants. There are thousands of legit descendants out there. And they can be recognized as such. But, they can't join the Pamunkey tribe based on this ancestry alone. And if they formed the "Pamunkey Nation of Virginia" as some kind of competing tribe to the legit and extant Pamunkey Tribe, they would be engaged in a sort of fraud endeavor.

But, the situation with many of these fake "tribes" is even more pronounced, in that the members aren't even legit descendants of the tribe they are claiming.

https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-common-tactics-used-by-people-who-fabricate-Native-identities-to-appear-legitimate-and-how-do-they-maintain-their-deception/answer/Al-Carroll-17
What are some common tactics used by people who fabricate Native identities to appear legitimate, and how do they maintain their deception?

At NAFPS we have found they do not care about maintaining their deception. Many will still follow them anyway, even if they admit to being phony. This is a tactic con artists call letting the mark in on the con.

One of the most common ways any cult uses is isolating its members. Cutting off family ties. Giving them a new name or identity to feel special. Phony Indian names are common, usually high sounding but unintentionally comical. Names often include European myths mixed in, like Dragon Who Chases His Tail. Or they have Moon in their phony Indian name, unaware that moon is a common term in many Native languages for menstrual cycle.

Many are heavily armed, to intimidate outsiders, give their members a sense of power, and promote an us against them mentality. Harley Reagan and his Deer Tribe had their own phony dojo and shooting range to prepare for race war against Latinos.

Many take part in crimes together. Some of these phony tribes are militias and sovereign citizen groups engaged in paper terrorism, the use of phony liens, court papers, identity cards, checks, and stock certificates. The Washitaws together with the phony Republic of Texas militia tried to steal $1.5 Billion (yes with a B) using phony liens and cashiers checks, even walking away with seven Lexuses.

Many abuse their members sexually and encourage their followers to take part in abusing other members, knowing this will create a sick bond but also mean they have to stay silent and side with the cult leader to avoid punishment. Nuwaubian leader Dwight York abused hundreds of children.

And as you can tell from the above, most imposters are right wing politically, usually extreme right wing. Some leaders were actual KKK leaders, like Paul Mattern AKA Buck Ghosthorse. Should it surprise anyone hardcore racists have no problem doing cultural appropriation?

https://www.quora.com/Why-does-it-seem-like-some-Native-Americans-are-reluctant-to-share-their-culture-with-other-Americans/answer/Al-Carroll-17
Why does it seem like some Native Americans are reluctant to share their culture with other Americans?

There are hundreds of examples of why at NAFPS. Hundreds of examples of frauds, abusers, exploiters, imposters, commercial hustlers, con artists, crackpots, cults, militias, phony tribes, white supremacists and Black supremacists, all falsely claiming to teach Native spiritual traditions.

It is not unusual for whites claiming to be genuine spiritual seekers to spend years trying to get close to Native spiritual leaders, only to then turn around and falsely claim to be anointed as the Next Big Thing, the One You Should All Listen To...for the right price of course.

It is not unusual for such wannabe white saviors to marry a Native and then divorce them in a year or two, and again falsely claim to be anointed as the Next Big Thing, the One You Should All Listen To...for the right price of course.

It is not unusual to falsely claim to be adopted into a tribe, and then falsely claim to be anointed as the Next Big Thing, the One You Should All Listen To...for the right price of course.

This red haired Irishman spent over 30 years posing as a Cherokee and Mayan CIA agent/Special Forces in Vietnam/Olympic contestant/Mormon exorcism survivor/martial arts master who time traveled with his crystal skull named Max and prepared his heavily armed militia for a race war against Latinos. Over 3000 fell for it, his Deer Tribe. Frankly, most knew it was all phony from the start and just did not care.

And you wonder why Natives do not want to share...because Natives know share is a coded way of saying steal and then mangle it beyond recognition for profit and to build a cult of fellow wannabes.

https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-linguistic-genetic-and-archaeological-evidence-that-the-American-Indians-descended-from-the-Hebrews-as-The-Book-of-Mormon-claims/answer/Al-Carroll-17
What is the linguistic, genetic, and archaeological evidence that the American Indians descended from the Hebrews as The Book of Mormon claims?

It is all so absurd and easily debunked. Has anyone ever looked at Woody Allen and thought: He is Native of course. Or Einstein. Or virtually anyone Jewish you can name.

The Book of Mormon is part of a long pattern of Europeans using pseudo science and poorly thought out faux mystical Christian Creationist claims about Natives. The best known similar example is the Bering Strait Theory and it has the same utter lack of evidence as the Book of Mormon.

First Westerners claimed Natives were: 1) Separately created by God 2) From Noah's son Japheth 3) Lost Tribes of Israel 4) Welsh Tribes 5) Northern Europeans 6) From Canaan the grandson of Noah 7) From Ophir the son of Noah's son Shem 8)Then the Bering Strait Theory (BST).

But these theories all fell apart fast, which is why one came after another in quick succession. For example, both Hamon L'Estrange and Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel published works refuting the supposed linguistic evidence way back in the 1650s.

Joseph Smith was not even being creative in his theft of Christian Creationism. It has that same utter lack of evidence, being driven by misplaced faith alone. Really, have you ever heard a Jewish comedian say Sitting Bull looks just like my family?

There is an entire subset of the New Age movement that feeds on these claims to prey upon Jewish people, sometimes led by Jewish imposters, including fake would be tribes.

Central Band of Cherokee claimed Jews were Cherokees and vice versa.
Central Band of Cherokee
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=2418.0

Donald Yates peddles misinterpretation of DNA.
Donald Panther Yates
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=506.0

Walking Stick mangles together faux Native with supposed Jewish shamanism.
Walking Stick Foundation--Jewish Shamanism????
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=2527.0