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Paul Peter Sahayda AKA Paul Ghosthorse is the leader of the fraudulent "Sungleska Oyate" nonprofit corporation of Goldendale, WA. He himself is based in North Carolina, as are several other members.

He does ceremonies with Jan Engels Smith (http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5446.0 ). She has been active with the Sungleska Oyate/Buck Ghosthorse group for quite awhile. She went through a cult ceremony to become a spiritual sister of Paul's wife, Inez.

In 2019, in an article related to his serious health challenges, he can be seen in a photo wearing a hat with a version of what is sold as a "native pride medicine wheel hoop feather ball cap". https://www.secufamilyhouse.org/news/guest-spotlight-the-ghosthorse-family .

Paul, a descendant of Genghis Khan, was reared by a Native American elder in South Dakota and eventually settled in Barnardsville, North Carolina.

https://www.secufamilyhouse.org/news/guest-spotlight-the-ghosthorse-family

So he still continues the outright lies.

Quote from: milehighsalute on February 12, 2025, 05:02:39 pm

this is why i am in favor of possibly expanding board to a few new topics

one being arts/music/cinema

and one being scholastic/activism

I agree. By now we have threads on dozens and dozens of frauds in each of these two areas.

I would also like to see two new boards about books (recommended and not recommended).

i would probably like to see books put in fraudulent arts

and maybe a section for fake tribes....so easier to navigate for people (non-members) coming here to confirm stuff

remember...we are doing "god's work" here

Avis Little Eagle's articles can be found in:
 
Visions of an enduring people : a reader in Native American studies
Publication date 2000
Topics Indians of North America
Publisher Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co.
Contributor Internet Archive

https://archive.org/details/visionsofendurin0000unse/page/n15/mode/2up

Get a free Internet Archive account in order to borrow and view the entire book. Chapter 21 contains the entire series.

I've listened to the first 30 minutes so far.

Storytime With Jan: How I met Buck Ghosthorse
January 28, 2022 • 48 mins
Jan and Karen talk about when Jan met Buck Ghosthorse and began her learnings in the Lakota way of ceremonies and shamanism.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/256-shamanism-a-21st-century-a-30941199/episode/storytime-with-jan-how-i-met-92177367/

Jan is Jan Engels-Smith https://www.lightsong.net/about/jan-engels-smith/
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5446.0

Jan Engels-Smith says her Lightsong School is part of or related to the Ghosthorse group. She says she continues the teachings.
Within the last few years she did some sort of virtual ceremony with Paul Ghosthorse.

She was recruited by the group when at an event in Portland Oregon. She for 2 years attended Buck's Saturday night talks, that were rambling affairs that could go on til midnight.

She helped build and operate the fraud sweat lodges.

When she first met Buck he informed her that she was not allowed to wear pants in his presence. She immediately changed to a skirt. He had very strict rules which were excused by the fact that he had been in the military. He traveled in an entourage of about 7 entitled people. Hosting them required a lot of work.

Buck recruited Jan. He scolded her, yelled, and even slapped her at times. She relates all this now as something she is completely fine with. Implied is that she has been well trained and is special.

During ceremonies she was not allowed to lift her gaze from the ground. She was praised for responding submissively to any harsh actions.

Buck called her "little slave girl". Jan laughs about this.

Jan's generalizations about Native American elders are racist: according to her they are "right brained folks" that are "off talking to the trees".

Jan says she was gifted with songs that she uses in her own group.

The land at 649 Garrison Rd, Goldendale WA is still owned by the Buck & Vicki Ghosthorse Trust.

Satellite images show that their ceremony grounds are kept maintained.

Their main public promoter, Matthew Fox ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Fox_(priest) )  wrote this in 2023:

... I danced my latest Sun Dance among the Lakota community in Goldendale, Washington. 

That Sun Dance community was originally created by my friend and co-worker Buck Ghosthorse.  I was given those sacred feathers to pray with at the Sun Dance and afterwards they were mailed to me as a gift by the wife of one of the leaders (a son of Buck who is now passed).  She is from Egypt. 

I carry that Sun Dance (and others) with me always and I pray with them regularly especially when I pray to the four directions.

https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2023/06/28/a-solstice-photo-and-story-shared-from-the-camino-part-i/

The leader he refers to is Chad Mayo, who legally changed his name to Chad Ghosthorse. His wife is Amirra Malak, an artist who identifies as "mixed egyptian-euro ancestry". Neither of them are members of a federally enrolled tribe, neither of them would have a permit. Leonard Mattern/Buck Ghosthorse didn't when he was alive. Neither does Matthew Fox now.

Possession of Eagle Feathers and Parts by Native Americans Fact Sheet https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/PossessionOfEagleFeathersFactSheet.pdf

Matthew Fox promotes the fraud of Buck Ghosthorse through out his blog:

And I am thinking of my friend and colleague Buck Ghosthorse, who came back from the Vietnam war deeply wounded in soul, but who recovered his Native American spiritual practices thanks to Wallace Black Elk, and devoted his life to healing others.

https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2024/11/11/veterans-day-2024/

https://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org/2022/04/03/buck-ghosthorse-a-personal-story-of-indigenous-kidnapping%ef%bf%bc/

Matthew Fox actively promotes the myth, he participates in ceremonies, I believe it is safe to say that he is a cult member.