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General => Frauds => Topic started by: educatedindian on November 27, 2016, 11:15:01 pm

Title: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: educatedindian on November 27, 2016, 11:15:01 pm
This is something we can do for in our small way to help NoDAPL, have a single research thread for all the frauds, exploiters, hucksters, etc trying to profit off of or promote themselves on this. This can include:

Shame-ons and imposters promoting themselves using NoDAPL.
Fundraising that does not aid the water protectors' camps, instead going to others.
Disinformation sites and individuals trying to spread confusion and falsehoods.

Let's start off with this useful article of advice for Non-Native protesters:
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 http://countercurrentnews.com/2016/11/dont-come-standing-rock-youre-going-treat-like-burning-man/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=FB_Biz_Part&utm_medium=FB_Biz_Pages

Don’t Come To Standing Rock If You’re Going To Treat It Like Burning Man
November 26, 2016 11:48 am  by Stiv
 
Standing Rock has reportedly been overrun with white demonstrators trying to soak up the ‘cultural experience.’

Demonstrators at North Dakota’s Pipeline protest have spoken out about the amount of white people who have turned up to “colonise” the camp.

The concerns have been raised by protestors in a series of tweets and Facebook posts. According to them, people have turned up to the Standing Rock demonstration to soak up the “cultural experience”, and are treating the camp like it is “Burning Man” festival or “The Rainbow Gathering”.

“They are coming in, taking food, clothing… and occupying space without any desire to participate in camp maintenance and without respect of tribal protocols,” said protestor Alicia Smith on Facebook. “I even witnessed several wandering in and out of camps comparing it to festivals. Waiting with big smiles expectantly for us to give them a necklace or an ‘indian’ name while our camp leader was speaking.”

Playing acoustic guitars when no one asked them to, not helping out, and acting as though they're on some kind of camping trip #NoDAPL
— StandUp4StandingRock (@radbrains) November 8, 2016

She added that many protestors appeared to be living off the native Americans, and were taking full advantage of the donations that people had been sending in for the cause. This was a trend noticed by another Twitter user, who witnessed one protestor turn down tap water to spend donations on “fluoride free” water.

“They are literally subsisting entirely off of the generosity of the native people… who are fighting to protect their water just because they can,” Smith wrote. “Some literally will not even prepare food but will take food that is prepared, again, having not done anything else all day.”

The situation has reportedly got so bad that an open letter detailing the camp’s ground rules has started trending on Twitter. Responding to the new influx of support, it reminds demonstrators that the camp is “not a vacation.”  It also says that protestors should avoid drugs and alcohol, engage with the elders, and refrain from playing “guitar or drums” around the fires.

“This is not Burning Man or a festival. Do not bring your party at the expense of these peoples fighting or life or death”, it reads. “I know this may sound harsh but it’s what we are experiencing here. We need this to be very clear so take time to understand the traditions and Native ways before arrival.”

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These exploiters have already been mentioned latching onto NoDAPL.
Andras Corban Arthan
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4473.msg43133#msg43133
Sean Henry AKA Nanya Shabu El & At Sik hata Nation or Clan of Yamassee NA Moors
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=3727.msg43123#msg43123

More on NoDAPL including how to support.
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4921.0
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Sparks on November 28, 2016, 06:08:53 pm
Another fraud trying to cash in on the present situation in North Dakota?
https://www.facebook.com/james.uqualla
https://www.facebook.com/james.uqualla/videos/1207276009352568/
The video is 5 minutes 12 seconds. Half a minute is enough to determine this is New Age drivel.
[P.S.: At least for me 30 seconds is adequate!]

This video is now widely shared in Facebook groups by apparently bona fide supporters of the water protectors. — I'd appreciate advice whether I should warn them, if James Uqualla is, indeed, a fraud?
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on November 28, 2016, 11:57:53 pm
Anne Wilson Schaef http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4931.0 says she raised funds in Europe for water protectors. But she does not state if she actually donated the money, what specific fund, or if she took a cut.

She does work to appear as an ally in order to raise her reputation as special.

Ideally she would point potential donors to actual legitimate fundraising groups.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Diana on December 02, 2016, 12:53:41 am
I Googled annoying white people at Nodapl and this article came up among others. Good article but the comments section is a must read. It has the usual suspects and some of the most deplorable white whiners I have ever read. Two of the whiners you should concentrate on are one guy by the name of Bobby Powell and someone named Gloryhallejuia. Absolutely despicable.

http://matadornetwork.com/change/5-things-every-non-native-needs-consider-visiting-standing-rock/

5 THINGS EVERY NON-NATIVE NEEDS TO CONSIDER BEFORE VISITING STANDING ROCK

1. Behave as an ally.

You’re there to do service for the people of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation as they protect their water and lives from the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). They are not there to be your hosts, cultural guides, tourist attractions, misery porn, or to bolster your career or to help you earn “street cred” in the activist community.

We are not helpless, downtrodden, Native Americans that need a (white) savior to rescue us. There are roughly 280 Native Nations and 4,000 people at the camps. We need allies, not patronizing people with a God complex who drown out our voices by further colonizing our spaces. Assist the people of Standing Rock in whatever manner they ask of you.

2. Understand the historical context of the DAPL, and respect the need for Native autonomy, space, and spirituality.

While the DAPL and resource extraction affects all living beings, it has an especially devastating impact on Native People. Genocide has not just literally killed many of us, but it has also culturally and spiritually decimated us. The majority of Indigenous People in the U.S., as well as Canada, are unable to speak our languages due to the government created and forced use of boarding and residential schools. Our religious practices weren’t fully protected by law until 1993. The theft of our lands and languages also contributed to the loss of our spirituality. Many of our ceremonies are connected to our lands and are conducted in our languages.

We also face devastatingly high rates of violence. According to the Lakota People’s Law Project, Native People are the racial group most likely to be murdered by law enforcement. Native Youth represent only 1% of the total U.S. population, but are 70% of the total Federal Bureau of Prisons population. The National Institute of Justice found that more than four in five (84.3%) Native Women have experienced violence in their lifetime. Ninety-six percent of the men that raped Native Women were non-Native men. Resource extraction brings more non-Natives onto our lands and with them more violence.

Due to 526 years of genocide, colonialism, and the many other -isms that are a by-product of colonialism, Native and Indigenous communities suffer from historical and intergenerational trauma. Native People need the physical and emotional space at the camps, as well as in our daily lives, to process the pain and outrage that comes from the continual genocide that we face.

3. Follow the instructions of tribal leadership and Native People.

How you behave impacts the manner in which non-Native people treat tribal communities, particularly in the midst of such a public fight. You’re a guest on what remains of the Standing Rock Sioux Nation’s land. More precisely, every day that you’re in the U.S. you’re on land that once belonged to Native People. Follow the lead of the tribal government, spiritual leadership, and the Native People at the camps-Sacred Stone, Red Warrior, and Oceti Sakowin. Regardless of how well-intentioned you may be, once you pack up and leave, the local tribal Nations and their people are the ones that will suffer the repercussions of your actions.

Also note that the camps at Standing Rock are not protest sites, but were created and run by Water Protectors. They are also weapon, violence, alcohol, and drug free. And, under no circumstances is it acceptable to photograph or record ceremonies or prayers. These are sacred and we expect others to respect that. Be aware that people may be praying or conducting ceremony in a way that doesn’t meet the Hollywood created image that comes to the minds of many non-Natives in America.

4. If you’re here to protect the water, you need to be willing to risk lawsuit.

Though the camps are all peaceful, that doesn’t mean that the U.S. government or the oil companies are practicing nonviolence. As the world has seen, the U.S. government and Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (the company that owns the Dakota Access L.C. subsidiary that’s building the DAPL have unleashed a full scale militarization of the area through the use of drones, helicopters, the National Guard, and militarized police. On September 3, mercenaries for hire from the notorious G4S company unleashed dogs and pepper spray on Native Women, young girls, and even horses. ND Governor Dalrympleactivated the National Guard on September 8th to “assist” in security at the Water Protection sites. Both Amy Goodman and Jill Stein have had arrest warrants issued for being at the sites. Between the 13thand 14th,31 people total were arrested at the Standing Rock DAPL construction site by police that descended on the area in full riot gear with semi-automatic weapons.

Be aware the potential outcomes. Going to the camps, especially the front lines, could lead to arrest or litigation against you by Energy Transfer Partners. The Standing Rock Sioux Nation has a legal team on the ground to assist people, but they’re up against the government and the multiple-billion dollar oil business. If you can’t risk arrest or lawsuit, then it’s probably best not to go.

5. Take supplies for yourself, those that travel with you, and for the camps.

On August 22nd the North Dakota homeland security Greg Wilz shut off the water for the Water Protectors. That means all visitors and Water Protectors need to bring plenty of water for themselves and for others at the camps. Bring plenty of food, medical supplies, receptacles to remove your trash when you leave (the tribe is fined every day that garbage is left behind), camping gear, and winter supplies for yourself and the camps. It’s September in North Dakota. It’s getting colder every day and the Water Protectors aren’t leaving. You, as well as them, need warm clothing and supplies. If you go Standing Rock, be as self-sufficient and ecologically sustainable as possible.

Electricity is scarce so take as many solar chargers as possible. Cell connectivity at the camps is also rare. There’s a casino about 10 miles away from the construction site. The nearest airports to Cannon Ball, ND are in Bizmarck, Rapid City, and the Twin Cities. Due to the Morton County Sheriff’s highway shut down, Protectors have to take the long route to the camps. It’s best to follow the directions on the Sacred Stone page or that of the other camps.

If after reading this, you’ve realized that going to Standing Rock isn’t for you, but you’d still like to help, there are numerous ways to stand with the people of Standing Rock.

1. Divest from your large banking institutions that are supporting the DAPL and resource extraction.
2. Show material solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, Sacred Stone, and the Red Warrior Camp
3. Call, email, and social media blast your Congressional Representatives, Senators, President Obama, the Army Corps of Engineers, Morton County Sheriff’s office, and ND Governor Dalrymple’s office to bring an end to the entire DAPL, as well eminent domain and the Nationwide Permit 12, both of which are responsible for for the DAPL going forth without tribal, community, or EPA consultation or studies.
4. Become involved in your local #NoDAPL groups and organizations fighting to bring an end to resource extraction.
5. Last, but not least, stand as an ally for Indigenous People in all our of our battles.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: educatedindian on December 04, 2016, 02:11:19 pm
Exploitative FB pages in bold.

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/facebook-scammers-profiting-from-standing-rock?utm_term=.txWpzQnKq#.vcp9ao2yj
These Big Native American Facebook Pages Are Actually Being Run By People In Kosovo And Vietnam
“They’re just capitalizing on struggle — it’s really crazy,” said one Native American artist.

As pipeline protesters at Standing Rock prepare to dig in for the winter, a growing network of dubious Native American Facebook pages is cashing in on the movement by selling stolen No DAPL T-shirt designs and by driving traffic to dubious clickbait websites, a BuzzFeed News investigation has found.

The owners of these pages and websites reside in faraway countries such as Vietnam and Kosovo, and they are capitalizing on online interest in Standing Rock, and Native American culture in general, to make money. BuzzFeed News identified more than 60 Facebook pages with more than 6 million fans that are generating money either by selling counterfeit Native American merchandise, or by driving traffic to ad-filled websites that in some cases have little or nothing to do with Native American issues.

Native designers say their work is being stolen and resold, and that some pages falsely claim to donate proceeds to the protesters at Standing Rock.

“They’re just capitalizing on struggle — it’s really crazy,” said Jared Yazzie, a Navajo who runs Oxdx, Native American clothing company in Arizona. He said some Facebook pages have even taken photos of his models and photoshopped different clothing on them.
“When they use my models I think that makes me the most angry,” he said.

Erica Moore is a 23-year-old Native American who designed a series of T-shirts to help raise funds for the pipeline protesters. She said copies of her designs soon began showing up on Facebook and elsewhere.
“It’s a different story if they would ask our permission to use the design, but I’ve seen my designs being sold without my consent, and I’ve seen people trying to re-design my design in some way to make it their own,” she said. “It just isn’t right.”

BuzzFeed News tracked some of the worst offending Facebook pages to owners in Vietnam. Like If You Love Native Americans has almost 190,000 fans and is connected to a website registered to “Hoai Thu Ngo Thi” in Vietnam. It promotes its T-shirts by photoshopping them on celebrities such as The Rock, Johnny Depp, Mark Wahlberg, and others. Many of its recent posts about clothing comment on the Standing Rock protest, though there is no evidence that the people running the page donate any proceeds to the protesters.
BuzzFeed News messaged the page on Facebook and the person who replied introduced themselves as a woman in Michigan named Maria Torres who claims to be Native American on her Facebook profile. The profile appears to only have been created in March of this year and primarily shares merchandise being promoted by the Like If You Love Native Americans page. The account also reposts content and merchandise from a page called Wolves In Native American Culture which points to a domain name registered to the same person in Vietnam.
Asked how the page gets its designs, the person running the page responded, “The clothing and fashion design industry is highly competitive; it is full of individuals.”

The fake Maria Torres profile on Facebook. Facebook
After being told records show they are in fact located in Vietnam, the person admitted that’s where they are based, meaning the Maria Torres account is a fake created to promote its content and products. The person then denied stealing designs from Native artists.
“No steal their work,” they wrote in all caps. “I am an affiliate marketer search designs on that site an [sic] sell.”
The person said they simply find Native American T-shirts that have already been uploaded to SunFrog and collect them on one page, earning a commission each time they sell. SunFrog is one of several websites that enable anyone to to upload a design and then offer print-on-demand ordering for a range of clothing.
Kirk Yodzevicis, SunFrog’s general counsel, confirmed that people can create collections of existing designs uploaded to SunFrog, and said the company takes down any infringing designs and closes the related account. He pointed to a form on its website that anyone can use to make a claim.
“When we find out somebody stole a design they get their account shut down,” he said. He also said anyone who falsely claims to sell clothing in support of a cause will have their account closed and SunFrog will donate their earnings to charity.
Yodzevicis said SunFrog has seen an increase in infringing designs and false charity claims related to Standing Rock.
“Absolutely, no question about that,” he said. “Anytime there is any kind of an issue in the news that has some kind of passion about it you are gonna see people that are going to try and game the system.”

One of the bigger pages identified by BuzzFeed News is called Indigenous People of America and has over 750,000 fans. It shares a steady stream of news related to events in Standing Rock, but under many of its posts it also promotes the sale of a knockoff of a shirt created by actor Shailene Woodley to raise funds for Standing Rock. The page also regularly posts content from a website called TheIndigenousPeoples.com, which was only registered in early November and has its owner’s name hidden.
The only official seller of the Woodley shirt is Omaze, yet the design can be found for sale on many other online clothing sites as well as on Amazon. SunFrog removed a version of the shirt for sale on its site after being alerted to it by BuzzFeed News, though other copies of the design remain for sale on the site.
There is no evidence that any of these sellers donate money to Standing Rock, or that they had permission to sell Woodley’s shirt. (A rep for Woodley did not respond to a request for comment.)

Another big Facebook page hawking inauthentic Native American goods is Native American Indians, which has over 360,000 fans and promotes merchandise from a store called NativeThing.com. That website is registered to “Hoang Trung Hieu” of Vietnam. It’s the subject of a litany of online complaints from people who bought boots and other items under the impression that they were authentic Native designs and craftsmanship. Once they receive their order people realize it was made in China, gives off a noxious odor, and that the company subsequently refuses to accept returns.
“You get stuck with the smelly product you can’t wear,” wrote one woman on Facebook. “How many ways can you spell ‘screwed.’”

Many other pages pursue a similar strategy of building up an audience with Native content and then trying to sell them shirts and other items that are often rip-offs of Native designs. One newer page is called I Stand with Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and shares a steady diet of news about the protest mixed with constant pleas for people to show their support by buying shirts for the cause. The page did not respond to a question about whether it donates any money to the tribe.
Along with stealing the work of Native artists, and the likenesses of models and celebrities, some scammers even used a photo of the first Native American federal judge to create fake profiles to help spread their content.

Fake profiles featuring the photo of Judge Diane Humetewa. Facebook
Judge Diane Humetewa serves as a United States District judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Her photo has been used on at least three fake Facebook profiles, one of which lists its two only friends as two young men in Kosovo. One of the men did not reply to an interview request from BuzzFeed News, and the judge’s chambers declined to comment, citing the Code of Conduct for US Judges.
One of the largest networks of Native American Facebook pages initially identified by BuzzFeed News belonged to two young men in Kosovo. One of the men, a 25-year-old named Dardan, said in a Skype interview that he only owns “two or three” Native American Facebook pages. But when asked if it’s possible that he in fact owns 13 pages as well as a Native American group with more than 15,000 members, he smiled and said, “Maybe. It could be.”
At the time of the interview, their pages had close to 2 million fans. However, after speaking to BuzzFeed News all of their pages were taken offline.
Rather than selling Native American designs, the pages has been used to promote links to a single website, BuzzDuzz.net, where Dardan and a partner publish clickbait articles about a wide variety of topics, though rarely about Native Americans.
“Lately most of the content [on the Facebook pages] is not about Native Americans,” he said. “It’s hard to get content just about Native Americans and I don’t have time for that.”
Dardan did not respond to a subsequent Facebook message from BuzzFeed News asking why they had removed their Native American Facebook pages. BuzzDuzz is still publishing as of this writing.

Some of the Native American designers who spoke to BuzzFeed News said the non-Natives running the pages and selling stolen designs are making more money than they are.
Aaron Silva, a Native American and the co-founder of The NTVS clothing brand in Minnesota, said the dubious Native American sellers often have one or several large Facebook pages to use to promote the merchandise. Silva also said these pages spend money to create sponsored Facebook posts that promote the item for sale to large numbers of people.
“These pages are taking our work and paying for the sponsored posts on Facebook and making tons of money off of us,” Silva said. “Just from the sponsored posts we do we’ll get maybe 1,000 to 2,000 likes and maybe generate 1,000 in sales off of like a $200 ad.”
He said he’s seen sponsored posts from dubious Native American pages that receive tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands, of likes and a large number of shares as well. “It tells me tons of people are seeing [the ad], and you can see in the comments that many people are buying,” he said.
BuzzFeed News found sponsored Facebook posts from the Native American Cultures page, which appears to only have been created in September, that fit Silva’s description. One of its current sponsored posts shows photos of Bernie Sanders and celebrities with the Shailene Woodley shirt. It asks people to “Support The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe” and to buy the shirt, but the link does not send people to her official sales page. This sponsored post for a stolen design has received over 125,000 reactions, 15,000 comments, and close to 18,000 shares as of this writing.

Another sponsored post from the page shows Johnny Depp with a Native shirt design photoshopped onto him. It had over 33,000 reactions, nearly 4,000 comments, and over 8,000 shares. These sponsored posts also help grow the number of fans for that page: When BuzzFeed News first found the Native American Cultures page roughly two weeks ago, it had just over 57,000 fans. It now has over 72,000.
To put this into perspective, the engagement for that page’s sponsored posts is significantly better than a legitimate sponsored Facebook post currently running from Woodley herself. It has close to 12,000 reactions, just over 500 comments, and 2,100 shares as of this writing. (It’s possible the other sponsored posts have been running longer, or have been backed with more money, in order to accrue more engagement.)
“Facebook prohibits advertisements, which includes boosted posts, that are deceptive, false, or misleading, including deceptive claims, offers, or business practices,” a Facebook spokesperson told BuzzFeed News. “We are looking into these claims and will take appropriate action.”

Silva tried to raise awareness about the fake Native pages by listing some of the worst offenders in a post on his company’s Facebook page. The comment thread was soon filled with people sharing other examples of suspect pages, and of designers talking about how they too had their work stolen.
Silva and others have also tried to contact T-shirt sites such as SunFrog and TeeChip to get their designs removed. They said the takedown forms and procedures take up a lot of their time.
“I’ve gotten a few of them removed that way but it’s so tedious,” he said.
Yodzevicis from SunFrog said their reporting form has only a few fields to complete and submissions are checked roughly every hour. He said anyone whose work has been stolen could simply email legal@sunfrog.com if they find the form too time consuming. He also said the company is working to implement a procedure whereby any money earned from a stolen design will be sent to the original artist.
“We are currently in the process of implementing a system wherein such funds, rather than being redirected to charity, can be claimed by an actual rights holder so they are actually compensated for their work and the use of their property,” he said.
Silva said Facebook is easier to deal with, but that it only removes the offending post rather than an entire page. (The company told BuzzFeed News it will remove an entire page in some circumstances.)
Yazzie has also tried directly contacting the Facebook pages that promote his stolen designs for sale. But at most he says they will delete the post with his design and just upload it again later.
“I’ve tried to send messages to one of the pages and at first I just got this automated message back, and then they replied with a lot of smiley face emojis back, which is kind of annoying,” he said. “They eventually blocked me from commenting on their page.”
It’s not lost on Yazzie and others that Native American culture and goods are yet again being appropriated by others for profit.
“It weighs heavy,” he said. “I hope people understand there is a livelihood behind [the designs]. The meaning that goes along culturally with the work is something we study and try to put out correctly.”
For his part, Silva is amazed at how so many people in different parts of the world have discovered that dubious Native American Facebook pages, websites, and merchandise can be a moneymaker.
“I wonder how they came across that working for them,” he said. “Did they try different ethnicities and cultures and see which one really hit?
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: RedRightHand on December 04, 2016, 06:58:47 pm
For quite a while now we've had a thread on Starhawk / Miriam Simos in "Research Needed". http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=3740.msg31319#msg31319

Simos is not a pretendian, in that she doesn't claim to be Native, rather she's a Neo-Wiccan Witch who has many times now decided her made-up ceremonies are better than Indigenous ones, and she has used her large following of non-Natives to commit offenses on Indigenous lands, and she has shown up to colonize and disrupt Native events. To the best of my knowledge, she has never attempted to apologize, made amends, or even acknowledge her many offenses against Natives.

And now she's doing it again. But this time it's even more high-profile and awful. She did not ask any Indigenous people if it would be OK to go to Standing Rock. Like all the other exploiters, she just went for the photo op, the data-mining, and now the offensive name-dropping of people who don't know her. If you search on "Starhawk" on Facebook, some things come up about an action where she and other non-Natives violated the orders of Elders and disrupted an event. I'm still checking into what happened, but it sounds like the typical colonial exploitation that seems to happen whenever she and her massive ego show up.

Here's her blog about it: http://starhawk.org/thanksgiving-at-standing-rock/

And here's one of the Facebook posts. It looks to have been written by a white nuager who's given herself a fake South Asian name, and who does pay to pray with some of the 13 Pay to Pray Old Ladies. It's the usual colonialism, and the white people LOVE it: https://www.facebook.com/victory.lonnquist/posts/10153935062496254

Title: Tara Houska and Sarah Little Red Feather Kalmanson and Red Warrior Camp
Post by: WINative on December 04, 2016, 10:22:17 pm
I have seen these posts being circulated but not publicly I wonder if it's to give the impression of unity at the camps.

http://www.honorearth.org/teamexpansion

A tribal council meeting was held on November 1, 2016 with a motion to ask the Red Warrior Camp to leave Standing Rock, which was approved.
Search the file for: #67. MOTION WAS MADE BY PAUL ARCHAMBAULT, SECONDED BY ROBERT TAKEN ALIVE, TO ASK RED WARRIOR CAMP TO LEAVE. Motion Carried
http://standingrock.org/minutes--resolutions/?type=Y&sort=2016


The only note of standoffishness I detected at Seven Councils was a settlement in a grove of cottonwoods called Red Warrior Camp that had erected a fence around itself and hung signs that read: NO MEDIA. NO TOURISTS. CHECK IN WITH SECURITY. An organizer told me the camp was trained in direct nonviolent action. “Whatever happens in Red Warrior Camp stays in Red Warrior Camp,” she said. When they held an open mic outside the gate, their rhetoric included the same message of togetherness and spirit but with a more militant tone. Its people were younger, quite a few of them white, some wearing camo fatigues and bandannas over their faces. I was told that many of the activists came from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, home to the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 and uprising in 1973, still bearing a stamp of badassery from the days of the American Indian Movement. Unlike the Standing Rock Tribe, which courted mainstream reporters, Red Warrior pumped out its own message on Facebook. I didn’t attempt to penetrate the place but met some young native guys staying there. “For a place calling itself Red Warrior Camp,” one of them quipped, “there sure are a lot of white warriors.”

https://www.gofundme.com/redwarriorcamp


Lots of money being sent to Tara Houska and her camp directly.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Ardal on December 05, 2016, 12:11:14 am
So many tshirt sales being advertised on Facebook. I've challenged them on it, no replies, of course.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Cetan on December 10, 2016, 04:31:37 am
I hope Earth7 has time to see this and chime in. I know she said she has heard of a lot of money being raised but they are not seeing it at the Sacred Stone camp which was the first camp set up last April. I have also seen a lot of tee shirts, the only one I can vouch for because I personally know him is Red Paint Printing, a native owned printing company who also helped to start the native Skate jam. He has been sending supplies out to ND
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: WINative on December 11, 2016, 04:15:35 pm
It looks like Red Warrior Camp is showing its true colors and will take the money and run. They also sound like they want to be a new AIM and go after fame and fortune, while ignoring established leaders and elders and communities.
Well we will see how long they last.


http://ancestralpride.org/december-2016-official-red-warrior-camp-communique/
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Defend the Sacred on December 11, 2016, 04:33:00 pm
I hope Earth7 has time to see this and chime in. I know she said she has heard of a lot of money being raised but they are not seeing it at the Sacred Stone camp which was the first camp set up last April. I have also seen a lot of tee shirts, the only one I can vouch for because I personally know him is Red Paint Printing, a native owned printing company who also helped to start the native Skate jam. He has been sending supplies out to ND

She's posted in some of the related threads. She started the first camp, back in April. Sacred Stone camp, as the first official fundraiser, has raised the most money, but so many people have come over the past eight months, and there's so much to cover, that it's been very hard to meet everyone's needs. That's why there are multiple legitmate fundraisers now (in addition to all the scammers).

Many scammers have sold T-Shirts for their own profit. Check very carefully before buying T-Shirts. Organizers are regularly posting alerts on social media about the scam shirts. Usually the shirts are photoshopped onto celebrities. A few have used photos of Johnnie Depp, who has no involvement in #NoDAPL, and some have been so bold as to steal photos of Mark Ruffalo, who actually is doing excellent media work for the cause.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: WINative on December 11, 2016, 05:22:26 pm
https://www.facebook.com/RedWarriorCamp/

https://www.facebook.com/zhaabowekwe

https://www.facebook.com/LittleRedfeatherDesign

www.littleredfeatherdesign.com
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: earthw7 on December 19, 2016, 03:11:54 pm
Ok! As of today we have been on the ground eight months 19 days defending the water.  i have little time as the Protector go to court today, please pray for them. This is an injustice system of lies. Now to clear up a little information.  One Red Warrior Camp did not take funds and run, I support Red Warrior, they are still helping but have left the large camp. They are still standing with me and on the ground. They are the trainers in this movement but refuse to take order from self appointed leaders OH WAIT I refuse too! We stand to kill the Black Snake. We are dealing with so many rumors created by the press. To divide and conqueror but we stand. Right now the rumors that we have all this money but what has happened is so many people used our name and raised money that never came to the camps. We don't get no funds from those tee shirts and many other fundraiser. We don't even get a teeshirt lol. We are about 3 thousand people on the ground that are staying even as we face -30 below temps. We have put up yurts, tipis and long house for the people to live in they are warms but need more. We stand in prayer everyday. Most of the hippies, burning man people have left after it got cold.
we still have frauds out there raising money for us that we dont see. I could tell you some stories of these people who came just to say they were there. But is really happening at the camps is unity, healing of the nation and bravery. I would not be any place else in the world please pray for us Dakota access is still working even though they have no permit
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: milehighsalute on December 19, 2016, 10:36:34 pm
thank you earthw7

i keep up with you on FB

when i was up there a week and i met your nephew john and enjoy reading his posts too.... i told him im here on NAFPS and i think powwows.com with you

i was there the night of nov 21st and somehow ended up in front lines and one of the first out there.....still having problems with my lungs

im ndn but not lakota.....but my girlfriend and her daughters are white bulls....so i went to pray and struggle for them.....i posted my experience about it....ill c/p it here soon in this thread

i am also on fb with joye....who is also a warrior

thank you for all you women (and men) have done....

water is life

#SKODEN
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: milehighsalute on December 20, 2016, 03:14:09 pm
oh....one more thing

i saw james uquallah there doing some kinda praying with the hippie types
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on December 21, 2016, 04:50:30 am
Sylina TaliniYona / Sylina Two Bears / Sylina Lynch Buehne "Cherokee medicine Woman and a Mayan Shaman" solicited donations through her own email account, on her own Facebook page:

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Sylina TaliniYona was live.
December 10 at 10:41am ·

Standing Rock Update: stranded medics and mental health providers need your help. Please share this with your friends and your family. We have Maddox and miss Wild providers that are stranded at a hotel in Mandan and are looking for donations to be able to stay there until this next blizzard is over before they can go home. If you want to assist them and their finances please donate to soulmedicineSunday @Gmail.com. Thank you so much for the bottom of all of our hearts out here Standing Rock for all your support all your donations all your contributions we love you we are so appreciative

She made several videos purportedly on location.

This fundraiser https://www.gofundme.com/soulmedicinesunday has only made $50 so far.

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Let’s help with some of Sylina’s regular monthly expenses so she can keep doing this good work at Standing Rock!!!  This will cover things like electric, phone, internet, car insurance, etc.  The total monthly expense is $4,000.00.

 
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Sylina TaliniYona has been working with the medic corp in Standing Rock.  Our Momma Bear, a counselor and Senior Pastor with our own Soul Medicine, is working with Water Protectors experiencing trauma and crisis here because of the violence and the triggered PTSD.  To do this she is setting aside her own practice back home


Her Facebook post today:

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You can donate to my private paypal soulmedicinesunday@gmail.com and I will personally make sure it gets to our relatives out there for what they need or you can call and pay for a night at the Prairie Nights Casino in Fort Yates (800) 425-8277 and then PM me to let me know. Let us come together in solidarity and not use this to pad our pockets but be used for the appropriate things that are needed at camp. I will be returning there once my strength is back.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Odelle on December 23, 2016, 08:00:24 am
The following post showed up on my FB feed, with people commenting that the posters, (Unify?), seem to be unaffiliated with any of the people at the camps and should not be given money.

The FB link to their page is: =kC&ft[qid]=6367201279883322365&ft[mf_story_key]=-3562320291275563833&ft[ei]=AI%4049dcd49108214fd886f144cb506fcb55&ft[top_level_post_id]=1369697366375184&ft[fbfeed_location]=1&ft[insertion_position]=1&__md__=1]https://www.facebook.com/unify/?hc_ref=ADS&fref=nf&ft[tn]=kC&ft[qid]=6367201279883322365&ft[mf_story_key]=-3562320291275563833&ft[ei]=AI%4049dcd49108214fd886f144cb506fcb55&ft[top_level_post_id]=1369697366375184&ft[fbfeed_location]=1&ft[insertion_position]=1&__md__=1 (https://www.facebook.com/unify/?hc_ref=ADS&fref=nf&ft[tn)


Below is the post.


HELP STANDING ROCK GET THROUGH THE WINTER
The Standing Rock water protectors are here to stay. While the threat of environmental damage to the Missouri river still exists, these brave souls have committed to staying on site, to prevent the destruction of the river.
Hundreds of people are still on site at the camp, preparing the land for the winter ahead.
Basic needs such as food and water systems need to be built up again. And key winterization infrastructure, such as wood fired stoves, snow plows, generators, and food storage are needed to keep the water protectors safe during the cold winters of North Dakota.
We are working on site with the tribe to help build out winter infrastructure and ship supplies in.
Help support the movement by donating now towards the Oceti Winterization needs.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: ChikashaTruth on December 23, 2016, 06:34:42 pm
I see the facebook event sweat lodge may have been removed from facebook. It is getting hard to find.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on December 23, 2016, 06:43:46 pm
The following post showed up on my FB feed, with people commenting that the posters, (Unify?), seem to be unaffiliated with any of the people at the camps and should not be given money.

The FB link to their page is: =kC&ft[qid]=6367201279883322365&ft[mf_story_key]=-3562320291275563833&ft[ei]=AI%4049dcd49108214fd886f144cb506fcb55&ft[top_level_post_id]=1369697366375184&ft[fbfeed_location]=1&ft[insertion_position]=1&__md__=1]https://www.facebook.com/unify/?hc_ref=ADS&fref=nf&ft[tn]=kC&ft[qid]=6367201279883322365&ft[mf_story_key]=-3562320291275563833&ft[ei]=AI%4049dcd49108214fd886f144cb506fcb55&ft[top_level_post_id]=1369697366375184&ft[fbfeed_location]=1&ft[insertion_position]=1&__md__=1 (https://www.facebook.com/unify/?hc_ref=ADS&fref=nf&ft[tn)


Unify http://women.unify.org/contentportal/virtualcircle/ run by Lauren Elizabeth Walsh and Emma Clare Juniper
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Odelle on December 23, 2016, 06:50:02 pm
@Piff:

Is this a group to be concerned about? I have been telling folks on my FB circuit to not donate to them and instead donate to the GoFundMe set up by the Sacred Stone Camp folks.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on December 23, 2016, 09:18:19 pm
@Piff:

Is this a group to be concerned about? I have been telling folks on my FB circuit to not donate to them and instead donate to the GoFundMe set up by the Sacred Stone Camp folks.

I don't trust Unify at all, would not give them any money. Will write something up on them for Research Needed soon.

Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Defend the Sacred on December 23, 2016, 09:58:37 pm
Unify set up a misleading clickbait site. They posted links to Native-run pages, but with their own graphics, falsely advertising that they were part of the Native networks. They also posted videos of Native leaders to make it seem like actual Native leaders were in on their pay-to-pray events with scammers. They posted weird things saying there would be co-ordinated prayer events on Sundays, leading non-Natives to think prayer was only happening on Sundays. Tons of white people were sharing their nuage pages instead of Native ones, misled into thinking Unify was a Native group.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Defend the Sacred on December 23, 2016, 10:18:11 pm
Continuing on from the discussion about security in the Ruby Sylina Lynch AKA Sylina Buehne AKA Sylina Two Bears AKA Sylina TaliniYona thread: http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4940.msg43265#msg43265

We knew going into this pipeline fight that, just like with WKII, the influx of nontraditional people, and the fact some Natives were allowing non-Natives into ceremonies, would both attract and spawn new appropriators and pretendians. We also knew that, even in the cases where known pretendians' and exploiters' names were given to security and the frauds were refused entry into camp, that the pretendians would just go home and lie. Right now, frauds are falsely claiming to have done ceremony with traditional Elders at Standing Rock, even abusing names of people they've never met. White people are claiming they are now members of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. Or that they are members of the Oceti Sakowin (yes, claiming they now belong to the Great Sioux Nation, not just the encampment). And the nons who send them money never check; most of them don't know how (and exploiters count on that). Now there's been so much turnover in security, white people are also working security, so there is less of a guarantee exploiters will be turned away unless things also get less hectic for the NDNs who've been in this all along.

Of course, most of the nons making false ceremonial and adoption claims don't know what is and isn't ceremony or adoption, either, so... there is that, at least.

Looking at the linked FB pages in some recent threads, we can see the profuse and appalling, predictable results. We look at the media and see the same. On the nightly news we've seen white women attempting to sing fake water songs they learned on YouTube, while they bang out of rhythm on brand new drums, and the newscaster calls it "An Indian Ceremony". We've seen crazy white, semi-naked hippies in rotting animal skins and wild hair claiming to be Lakota, telling Democracy Now about how Indians "worship the 'Sacred Feminine'". We now have an exponentially higher number of frauds and exploiters in the world, and they are name-dropping Standing Rock, Oceti Sakowin, and the names of any Natives who were kind to them as their alleged ticket to exploit all things NDN. It has happened.

I really don't know what comes next.   :'(

Oh yeah, and as soon as they can fix the drill, the drilling will continue. It might be going as I type. They will not stop. Will the pretendians do direct action? Will they put their lives on the line to stop DAPL?
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Odelle on December 24, 2016, 07:10:40 am
A friend of mine just notified me of another likely scam site: "

Here is the contact info the risewithstandingrock.com  (http://risewithstandingrock.com)site that is asking for the donations. There is something odd about the site, there is no contact information on it. Here is the contact information for the person that registered the website.

Registrant Name: Rave Mehta
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: One Purlieu Place, Ste 100
Registrant City: Winter Park
Registrant State/Province: Florida
Registrant Postal Code: 32792
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.4076576662
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: ******@gmail.com (not including the email, just in case they aren't a scam)

Domain Name: RISEWITHSTANDINGROCK.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2075009463_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2016-11-18T03:23:59Z
Creation Date: 2016-11-18T03:23:58Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2017-11-18T03:23:58Z
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.4806242505
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on December 24, 2016, 04:03:57 pm
https://risewithstandingrock.com/home is Unify, example of the misleading clickbait site Yells at Pretendians posted on.

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4934.msg43267#msg43267

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Unify set up a misleading clickbait site. They posted links to Native-run pages, but with their own graphics, falsely advertising that they were part of the Native networks. They also posted videos of Native leaders to make it seem like actual Native leaders were in on their pay-to-pray events with scammers. They posted weird things saying there would be co-ordinated prayer events on Sundays, leading non-Natives to think prayer was only happening on Sundays. Tons of white people were sharing their nuage pages instead of Native ones, misled into thinking Unify was a Native group.

Odelle thanks for running the Whois, that registrant name is helpful. Rave Mehta refers to Unify as a "global partner". Looks like he runs the "global synchronized meditation" mapping and various Unify websites.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on December 24, 2016, 04:18:37 pm
Rave' Mehta,  along with clickbait sites, promotes himself off NoDAPL.

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Rave' Mehta
December 6 at 1:59am ·
As we suspected, ETP will continue drilling the DAPL under the Missouri River despite the Army Core denying the easement. This is not over and from my team on the ground...there's no sign they're abandoning their drill pad.

Here he claims that his prayer event made the difference:

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Rave' Mehta at Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
December 4 at 11:03pm · Instagram ·
Powerful pic around the Sacred Fire from our second global peaceful prayer / meditation with Standing Rock this morning with hundreds of cities participating. Hours later the Army Corp announced they are denying ETP and the DAPL pipeline the easement through Standing Rock and under the Missouri River. This is the power of peaceful protest, prayer and meditation!

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/rvmehta

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Ravé Mehta is an engineer, entrepreneur, and professor as well as an award-winning composer, producer and bestselling author.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/rave-mehta
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: WINative on December 25, 2016, 02:59:02 am
Greetings LaDonna Earthw7, thanks for responding to the information I posted but it doesn't come from the media but from people that were inside. I also know Sarah Little Red Feather Kalmanson personally, and her family and know she's been involved in some shady dealings in Wisconsin and Milwaukee, but if your willing to vouch for her actions there in ND personally I will drop it here. Thanks
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on December 28, 2016, 03:40:03 pm
More on Rave' Mehta:

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Ravé Mehta
Ravé Mehta is the CEO of MEHTA Group, a 30 year family office
with    mainline    businesses    in    Engineering    &    Construction,
Technology  &  Finance,  and  Media  &  Entertainment.  Recognized
as   the   engineer   and   serial   entrepreneur   who   pioneered   the
experiential learning technology approach originally used for DoD
simulation  and  training,  Mr.  Mehta  is  a  business/creative  hybrid
with   a   strong   background   in   engineering   and   construction,
technology and finance, and international cultural affairs as well
as a practicing visual artist, music composer, and writer.

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Mr. Mehta worked with the Department of Defense (DoD) in pioneering a system
that integrated the Internet, artificial intelligence and virtual reality into a mass deployable training
solution  for  the  Army  that  successfully  used  experiential  based
learning  methods  coupled  with  gaming technology to bring down training time and costs while driving high
er retention rates.

http://www.rollins.edu/business/centers-of-excellence/advanced-entrepreneurship/docs/rave-mehta.pdf
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Sparks on December 28, 2016, 08:45:30 pm
A friend of mine just notified me of another likely scam site: … risewithstandingrock.com (http://risewithstandingrock.com) … Registrant Name: Rave Mehta
Rave' Mehta,  along with clickbait sites, promotes himself off NoDAPL.
More on Rave' Mehta: …

Now there is a new thread about him in Research Needed: Rave' Mehta - risewithstandingrock.com (http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4944.0).
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: RedRightHand on January 10, 2017, 12:03:37 am
Perennial fraud Rachel Holzwarth, aka White Eagle Medicine Woman [sic] (a name she gave herself), aka White Ego Woman or White Ego Fraud Woman (names she earned from Natives who observed her "prayerformances" and other exploitation) has decided that if she holds up some signs about Standing Rock it will mitigate the fact she's still a big old lying fraud.

Here, she demonstrates that, despite claiming that she stands with Standing Rock, she doesn't know where Standing Rock is. She seems to think it's in Missouri.

https://www.facebook.com/128535723879434/photos/a.132340006832339.25270.128535723879434/1154952191237777/?type=3&theater

"White Eagle Medicine Woman [sic]
Like This Page · 16 September 2016 ·
 
Today we are in ceremony making buffalo drums for orders. I decided that this next 18" Buffalo will be called " Standing Rock" to honor and support all our indigenous communities in Missouri and around the world right now standing up for clean water! WE ARE WITH YOU!"

In other photos on her many pages she stands with the cursed drum and one other person, holding a sign, trying to attach herself to the water protectors. The actual water protectors out at Standing Rock, being maced by cops, include the exact same Native activists Holzwarth called the police on when they tried to discuss her offensive misrepresentations with her; she had the cops and private security physically assault and pepper spray those exact same Native activists.

Rachel Holzwarth aka White Eagle Medicine Woman [sic] does not stand with the Water Protectors.
Rachel Holzwarth aka White Eagle Medicine Woman [sic] stands with those who assault and mace Water Protectors.

She's still doing pay to pray for white people who hate Indians but want to replace the Indians.

Evil as ever. With the death drum full of human remains.

(For those who don't know about her, the thread is very long. Here's one post that summarizes some of how it all started http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1513.msg10815#msg10815)
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on January 18, 2017, 02:09:39 am
Joseph and Laralyn Riverwind ( http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1897.0 ) :
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'It's nice to see the tide turning'

Earlier on Sunday, protester Laralyn RiverWind, who is of Cherokee and Muskogee heritage, told CBC News: "We're really grateful that other cultures are coming out to support."

"In the past, Native people have been disregarded and unheard and forgotten and we've come across so many people who have been taught in school that Native people don't exist anymore, that we're all extinct. And so it's nice to see the tide turning and Indigenous people being valued for the portion of knowledge and wisdom that we have to share with the world," she said.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/dakota-access-pipeline-1.3881042

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Standing Rock Pipeline Veterans March led by War Chief AmaHura-SUCCESS!

http://i09964.wixsite.com/northernarawaktaino/projects
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Defend the Sacred on February 04, 2017, 04:24:06 pm
Jim Graywolf Petruzzi (http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4964)

https://www.facebook.com/JimGraywolfPetruzzi - "Fan page"
https://www.facebook.com/jim.g.petruzzi - profile page
https://www.gofundme.com/2syy2xw - scamming money
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1749814981940531/admins - running a fake pipeline resistance group

We have a number of mentions here on NAFPS of non-Native Jim Graywolf Petruzzi (http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4964) selling fake Lakota "shamanic" ceremonies, and promoting non-Native frauds like Rachel Holzwarth, who calls herself "White Eagle Medicine Woman" (http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1513.msg27908#msg27908). He's a ceremony seller and shameon, and recently he's been trying to exploit the pipeline resistance movement, notably at the Sabal Trail camp in Florida. There are quite a few posts right now about this on Facebook.

So if folks could compile some of the details on him over in the new thread just for him: http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4964  it would be good to have something to refer people to as right now there are a lot of questions from the new activists, especially the non-Natives who still don't understand how to spot the frauds. Or, in some cases, even what's wrong with having exploiters and pretendians trying to lead ceremonies at the camps. Thanks.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on February 20, 2017, 02:18:28 am
Regarding Graham Greene's image used to sell tshirts that supposedly raise funds for Standing Rock:

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Graham Greene @Rafeolla

They did not ask me for my permission to use my image and none of the money is going to Standing Rock. They keep it. Fucking leeches

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Graham Greene ?@Rafeolla

These tee shirts supposedly helping Standing Rock are False, don't buy them, none of the money gets to the people or their cause

https://twitter.com/Rafeolla
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Wakalopi14 on March 12, 2017, 06:15:05 pm
Having spent 4 days working in the Sacred Stone kitchen in Sept with MartiJo, LaDonna's sister, I can attest to how so many seemed to be doing nothing but taking. They'd line up for food before the Elders were fed, start eating before the Prayer was sent, and instead of washing their dishes would just leave them by the tubs of washing/rinsing/sanitizing water. After cooking each of the 3 meals provided daily, some of us would then do a whole bunch of dishes, cups, and utensils to make sure there were enough clean ones for the next meal, and then head right back into the kitchen to start the next meal. Having said that, it was an honor and a privilege to have been at Sacred Stone, and MartiJo started calling me Potato Man, so that's my new moniker!
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Unify on March 16, 2017, 11:11:42 pm
Hello Everyone.

First. We thank you for holding organizations like ourselves accountable to the mission of Standing Rock, the rights of our native people, and the care of our earth.

We apologize if we have offended any person and any choice we have made that have impacted others in a negative way.

We showed up to Standing Rock to be of service just like many others.  We tried our hardest to come humble and in prayer.  We came observant and asked for permission as often as we could. 

We have been organizing Global Synchronized Prayers and Meditations since 2012 on Earth Day, Peace Day, World Water Day, World Peace and Prayer Day, Women's Day, and more.  This is one of the main ways we offered our expertise, resources, time, and love to Standing Rock.

We organized 4 global synchronized prayers with over 1,600 groups around the world synchronizing with Standing Rock:
-  November 26th - Two days after thanksgiving, 1100+ groups joined us for a synchronized prayer circle across from Turtle Island
www.PrayWithStandingRock.com
-  December 4th - Hundreds of groups tuned in to a live broadcast with Chief Arvol Looking Horse and Interfaith Leaders around the Sacred Fire.
-  December 10th - The world joined for a global wapila / wapida for Standing Rock led by Chief Phil Lane.
- January 28th - Over 250 communities organized prayer actions at financial institutions across the U.S. and listened in to a live broadcast led by the youth and indigenous elders in the Red Lightening Dome in Oceti Sakowin
www.GlobalPrayerAction.com

We created over 10 videos and spread them through our network reaching over 35 Million views, raising awareness for Standing Rock. 

We shared live audio broadcast messages and prayers from Standing Rock Elders with over 600,000 listens.

Through our community's support, we were also able to support partners on the ground focused on:
- The Red Lightning Dome which which was a regular meeting place and shelter for Oceti Sakowen
- Satellite Internet for the Camp
- Trucks of Firewood and support of the firewood team
- Winterization Construction
- The Compost Toilet System
- Hotel room for Elders and others in need
- 12 person camp clean up team for 4 weeks
- Food delivery from camp to local communities.

Everyone on our team showed up the best we could.  From a place of prayer, service, and openness.
We hope to learn and continue to be of service to humanity, our earth, and all living beings.

We are creating a comprehensive report of our work at Standing Rock that we will release to the public in the next couple weeks.

If you are interested in receiving the report once it is finished, please email support@unify.org.

And please email us if you have any questions.

Wishing you all well.

Kind Regards,

The Unify Team
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Defend the Sacred on March 17, 2017, 01:00:23 am
First, Stop spamming our forum. You posted the same message three times in a row. Two of them have been deleted.

Second, you haven't addressed your specific misrepresentations that people have raised concerns about.

Third, until Native people who were supposed to benefit from your efforts vouch for you, your claims are meaningless.

Thank you for posting publicly, since before now you were just using the private messages here to try to get people to engage with you one on one, despite their lack of interest in doing so. Thank you for finally honoring the repeated requests to say what you have to say in public. Though I do see you are continuing with the, "email us" thing, which still comes off like an attempt to avoid transparency.

Hello Everyone.

First. We thank you for holding organizations like ourselves accountable to the mission of Standing Rock, the rights of our native people, and the care of our earth.

We apologize if we have offended any person and any choice we have made that have impacted others in a negative way.

We showed up to Standing Rock to be of service just like many others.  We tried our hardest to come humble and in prayer.  We came observant and asked for permission as often as we could. 

We have been organizing Global Synchronized Prayers and Meditations since 2012 on Earth Day, Peace Day, World Water Day, World Peace and Prayer Day, Women's Day, and more.  This is one of the main ways we offered our expertise, resources, time, and love to Standing Rock.

We organized 4 global synchronized prayers with over 1,600 groups around the world synchronizing with Standing Rock:
-  November 26th - Two days after thanksgiving, 1100+ groups joined us for a synchronized prayer circle across from Turtle Island
www.PrayWithStandingRock.com
-  December 4th - Hundreds of groups tuned in to a live broadcast with Chief Arvol Looking Horse and Interfaith Leaders around the Sacred Fire.
-  December 10th - The world joined for a global wapila / wapida for Standing Rock led by Chief Phil Lane.
- January 28th - Over 250 communities organized prayer actions at financial institutions across the U.S. and listened in to a live broadcast led by the youth and indigenous elders in the Red Lightening Dome in Oceti Sakowin
www.GlobalPrayerAction.com

We created over 10 videos and spread them through our network reaching over 35 Million views, raising awareness for Standing Rock. 

We shared live audio broadcast messages and prayers from Standing Rock Elders with over 600,000 listens.

Through our community's support, we were also able to support partners on the ground focused on:
- The Red Lightning Dome which which was a regular meeting place and shelter for Oceti Sakowen
- Satellite Internet for the Camp
- Trucks of Firewood and support of the firewood team
- Winterization Construction
- The Compost Toilet System
- Hotel room for Elders and others in need
- 12 person camp clean up team for 4 weeks
- Food delivery from camp to local communities.

Everyone on our team showed up the best we could.  From a place of prayer, service, and openness.
We hope to learn and continue to be of service to humanity, our earth, and all living beings.

We are creating a comprehensive report of our work at Standing Rock that we will release to the public in the next couple weeks.

If you are interested in receiving the report once it is finished, please email support@unify.org.

And please email us if you have any questions.

Wishing you all well.

Kind Regards,

The Unify Team
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Unify on March 17, 2017, 02:45:44 pm
Hello.

Here are our responses to your items below.

1) Apologies for posting in such a way that was not correct protocol.  Learning this system and doing our best.  We were trying to post in all the areas where people had questions about our organization.

2) It is hard for us to find all the places where people have questions and we would like to answer all of them.  Can you please send links to all the places where people have question so we can directly answer them?

3) Thank you for bringing this up.  We will gather this information and the native allies who know Unify and our work in the world.

4) We sent one message to one person (Piff) when we first signed up on this platform to let them know we are here and see if we could address any questions or concerns they had directly.  They asked us to post publicly and we haven't sent a message since then.  We then got a message from (educatedindian) asking us to post publicly.  We did not message them.  They reached out to us.  We looked at the public forums and were not familiar with the protocol or system.  So we sent (educatedindian) another message asking to send us the links where we should be engaging.  It says they are an 'administrator' and thought they would be able to help us.

They again asked us to post publicly so we did the best we could, not knowing the system.

Please let us know any questions you have about Unify directly in this thread and we will be happy to answer. 


First, Stop spamming our forum. You posted the same message three times in a row. Two of them have been deleted.

Second, you haven't addressed your specific misrepresentations that people have raised concerns about.

Third, until Native people who were supposed to benefit from your efforts vouch for you, your claims are meaningless.

Thank you for posting publicly, since before now you were just using the private messages here to try to get people to engage with you one on one, despite their lack of interest in doing so. Thank you for finally honoring the repeated requests to say what you have to say in public. Though I do see you are continuing with the, "email us" thing, which still comes off like an attempt to avoid transparency.

Hello Everyone.

First. We thank you for holding organizations like ourselves accountable to the mission of Standing Rock, the rights of our native people, and the care of our earth.

We apologize if we have offended any person and any choice we have made that have impacted others in a negative way.

We showed up to Standing Rock to be of service just like many others.  We tried our hardest to come humble and in prayer.  We came observant and asked for permission as often as we could. 

We have been organizing Global Synchronized Prayers and Meditations since 2012 on Earth Day, Peace Day, World Water Day, World Peace and Prayer Day, Women's Day, and more.  This is one of the main ways we offered our expertise, resources, time, and love to Standing Rock.

We organized 4 global synchronized prayers with over 1,600 groups around the world synchronizing with Standing Rock:
-  November 26th - Two days after thanksgiving, 1100+ groups joined us for a synchronized prayer circle across from Turtle Island
www.PrayWithStandingRock.com
-  December 4th - Hundreds of groups tuned in to a live broadcast with Chief Arvol Looking Horse and Interfaith Leaders around the Sacred Fire.
-  December 10th - The world joined for a global wapila / wapida for Standing Rock led by Chief Phil Lane.
- January 28th - Over 250 communities organized prayer actions at financial institutions across the U.S. and listened in to a live broadcast led by the youth and indigenous elders in the Red Lightening Dome in Oceti Sakowin
www.GlobalPrayerAction.com

We created over 10 videos and spread them through our network reaching over 35 Million views, raising awareness for Standing Rock. 

We shared live audio broadcast messages and prayers from Standing Rock Elders with over 600,000 listens.

Through our community's support, we were also able to support partners on the ground focused on:
- The Red Lightning Dome which which was a regular meeting place and shelter for Oceti Sakowen
- Satellite Internet for the Camp
- Trucks of Firewood and support of the firewood team
- Winterization Construction
- The Compost Toilet System
- Hotel room for Elders and others in need
- 12 person camp clean up team for 4 weeks
- Food delivery from camp to local communities.

Everyone on our team showed up the best we could.  From a place of prayer, service, and openness.
We hope to learn and continue to be of service to humanity, our earth, and all living beings.

We are creating a comprehensive report of our work at Standing Rock that we will release to the public in the next couple weeks.

If you are interested in receiving the report once it is finished, please email support@unify.org.

And please email us if you have any questions.

Wishing you all well.

Kind Regards,

The Unify Team
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Smart Mule on March 17, 2017, 03:32:18 pm
We've linked your organization with Rave' Mehta however LaDonna herself states in the Rave' thread that "none of these groups are giving funds to standing rock or the camps"
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Sparks on March 18, 2017, 04:06:51 pm
We've linked your organization with Rave' Mehta however LaDonna herself states in the Rave' thread that "none of these groups are giving funds to standing rock or the camps"

This is the quote in its place:
none of these groups are giving fund to standing rock or the camps ???

This is the thread, maybe "Unify" should reply there? http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4944.0
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Unify on March 18, 2017, 06:53:27 pm
Great.
Thanks. 
Yes.  Will go to that link and respond there as well. 

We've linked your organization with Rave' Mehta however LaDonna herself states in the Rave' thread that "none of these groups are giving funds to standing rock or the camps"

This is the quote in its place:
none of these groups are giving fund to standing rock or the camps ???

This is the thread, maybe "Unify" should reply there? http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4944.0
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Unify on April 01, 2017, 08:29:10 pm
Hello Everyone.

We are completing some of our final projects for Standing Rock in collaboration with Chief Phil Lane Jr. and will have our Standing Rock Report finished by April 22nd.   

Thank you for your patiences.

 :)
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Diana on April 01, 2017, 09:37:21 pm
Hello Everyone.

We are completing some of our final projects for Standing Rock in collaboration with Chief Phil Lane Jr. and will have our Standing Rock Report finished by April 22nd.   

Thank you for your patiences.

 :)

To everyone: Don't we have a post for that Phil Lane Jr.? And by the way Phil Lane is not a chief.

Lim lemtsh,

Diana
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Sparks on April 01, 2017, 11:01:44 pm
To everyone: Don't we have a post for that Phil Lane Jr.? And by the way Phil Lane is not a chief.

A search reveals about a dozen scattered posts where he's mentioned, in addition to this thread:

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=2731.0   (Chief Phil Lane Jr.)
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Sparks on April 01, 2017, 11:11:07 pm
This old thread is also about Chief Phil Lane Jr.: http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=60.0

And then he is mentioned in this long comment:

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=1516.msg9309#msg9309
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: educatedindian on April 03, 2017, 01:15:24 am
Hello Everyone.

We are completing some of our final projects for Standing Rock in collaboration with Chief Phil Lane Jr. and will have our Standing Rock Report finished by April 22nd.   

Thank you for your patiences.

 :)

Not only is Phil Jr not a chief, he's appeared at one of your fests that had exploiters, obvious frauds, and dubious characters.

http://unifyfest.com/2016/04/18/ceremony/

Your group hosted obvious frauds Adam DeArmon, Carlos Cedillo, Jose Federico Munoz, on top of Lane. Your group personally profited from this festival, and presented them as legit.

Do you even bother to check out the people you host? Or do you just not care? How naive and ignorant would you have to be to host someone claiming crystal skulls were part of Mayan belief?

Unify.org may deserve its own research thread as an exploiters organization. That's unless you can convince us you were clueless, and show us you are willing to make an effort to avoid hosting exploiters in the future.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Unify on April 03, 2017, 05:47:14 pm
Hi there.

Unify Fest is unrelated to our organization.  We don't put on that event.   

We've only known Phil Lane Jr. to be of service and seen him do a lot of good for the community.  We will ask him about being a chief and post again on this thread.

Hello Everyone.

We are completing some of our final projects for Standing Rock in collaboration with Chief Phil Lane Jr. and will have our Standing Rock Report finished by April 22nd.   

Thank you for your patiences.

 :)

Not only is Phil Jr not a chief, he's appeared at one of your fests that had exploiters, obvious frauds, and dubious characters.

http://unifyfest.com/2016/04/18/ceremony/

Your group hosted obvious frauds Adam DeArmon, Carlos Cedillo, Jose Federico Munoz, on top of Lane. Your group personally profited from this festival, and presented them as legit.

Do you even bother to check out the people you host? Or do you just not care? How naive and ignorant would you have to be to host someone claiming crystal skulls were part of Mayan belief?

Unify.org may deserve its own research thread as an exploiters organization. That's unless you can convince us you were clueless, and show us you are willing to make an effort to avoid hosting exploiters in the future.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: educatedindian on April 05, 2017, 07:12:06 pm
Hi there.

Unify Fest is unrelated to our organization.  We don't put on that event.   


Good to hear. It might be a good idea to have a disclaimer on your site, and to ask the festival organizers to put one on their site  too.

I do hope your group gets in the habit of always checking the claims of those you work with or who try to associate themselves with you. For example, the Moonie cult often tries to infiltrate peace movements to make themselves seem legitimate.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Smart Mule on April 14, 2017, 11:02:03 am
Hi Unify folks. Just letting you know that our friends at Huna is Not Hawaiian on facebook also have concerns with you and those you collude with https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1634012389957109&id=154389937919369 (https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1634012389957109&id=154389937919369)
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: DCBirtch on April 16, 2017, 02:28:38 pm
Hi All,

This is troubling....a few days ago I was informed that people who had come back from Standing Rock were telling others about all the "mismanagement" and "theft" of the funds and donation monies that were coming in to help support the Water Defenders.
It was said that a lot of money came-up missing and that is one of the reasons why some of the "camps" did so poorly.

What is even more troubling is that Arvol Looking Horse is being named as one of the people that "mismanaged" and/or "stole" the missing money. This is being told by Giovanni Sanchez, whom was out at Standing Rock for some time, he even had a video blog running on facebook, and, got busted-up by the cops before being sent to the jail-house over-night.

Now, of course, I do NOT believe that Arvol had anything to do with any missing or stolen money, and, I believe that this story about Arvol being involved had been started by certain people that like to attend that Indiana Sun Dance. Nevertheless, the story is being spread in an attempt to discredit Arvol in some way so people won't feel so worried about Arvol's "DoW" (Declaration of War...), and so that there can be no issues with the up-coming Sun Dance in Indiana.

I find this very disturbing, but, I am not surprised that this tactic would be used to shed doubt onto Arvol Looking Horse, considering the amount of people that have already been deceived by the plastics - whose egos are far greater than their spirituality....apparently....   
Title: Unify drumming event August 29th.
Post by: Crazyfish on August 10, 2017, 12:38:54 pm
This came through on my Facebook feed:

[url]https://globaldrumprayer.com/home[url]
Title: Re: Unify drumming event August 29th.
Post by: Crazyfish on August 10, 2017, 07:35:41 pm
Let's see if this link works....

https://globaldrumprayer.com/home
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Diana on August 11, 2017, 01:56:37 am
Hey Earth, do you know these people? They're taking donations for Standing Rock and seem to be holding a prayer, drum, tipi village, medicine wheel and dance fest all in the name of Standing Rock at Burning Man.

I can't find any names, just the organization redlightning.org. They have posted pictures of their dome tent at Sanding Rock and have proclaimed "Through this dynamic solidarity the Lightning Dome has become central gathering space for main camp and developed right relations with the tribal elders enabling further efforts."

Is this true? Here's the link.
http://redlightning.org/standingrock
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on August 11, 2017, 02:31:51 am
One of the main organizers of Red Lightning goes by the name "Joshua Tree". I've uploaded a photo of him here, from a video https://www.facebook.com/RedLightningTribe/videos/10154957910250275/ , in case that can help with identifying him further.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on August 11, 2017, 02:46:03 am
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This past Thanksgiving, Empowerment WORKS’ Founder (Piff's note: the founder is Melanie St.James) joined the Red Lightning team in the ongoing protection of indigenous lands from the North Dakota Access Pipeline.

Red Lightning is an award winning Burning Man Camp that creates a sacred space for the regeneration for the self, community and planet. In 2016, with its deeper commitment to service and related partnership with Empowerment WORKS as a fiscally sponsored nonprofit project, Red Lightning supported Indigenous communities gathered to protect the water at Standing Rock.

http://theglobalsummit.org/lightning-in-a-box-fiscally-sponsored-project-spotlight-red-lightning-brings-solar-to-standing-rock/

Quote
Red Lightning is a non-profit under the umbrella of Empowerment Works, Inc.

http://redlightning.org/standingrock

Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Defend the Sacred on August 11, 2017, 05:24:25 pm
Let's see if this link works....

https://globaldrumprayer.com/home
Hey Earth, do you know these people? They're taking donations for Standing Rock and seem to be holding a prayer, drum, tipi village, medicine wheel and dance fest all in the name of Standing Rock at Burning Man.

I can't find any names, just the organization redlightning.org. They have posted pictures of their dome tent at Sanding Rock and have proclaimed "Through this dynamic solidarity the Lightning Dome has become central gathering space for main camp and developed right relations with the tribal elders enabling further efforts."

Is this true? Here's the link.
http://redlightning.org/standingrock

Looking at their website, it looks to me like it's Unify again.

They may buy different domains, and switch up which exact names are on which exact forms, but it all looks like the same bunch to me. I think they just have a number of different front groups and aliases in play at this point.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on August 11, 2017, 07:16:13 pm
Global Drum Prayer is definitely Unify, once again. https://www.facebook.com/events/302937566845891
Title: Andrew Ecker
Post by: cdoggg on September 10, 2017, 09:53:05 pm
Ok, saw this guy on the burning man video.   https://youtu.be/Ha530vVzXz8

A friend thought I would like to go to a drumming circle in Phoenix, AZ.  Got there and walked up.  Saw a buncha hippies and I left.

Year later and I see the Burning Man video with Chase Iron Eyes, Dan Nananmkin, Antoine Edward Jr and other water protesters associating with Red Lightning.  I couldnt belive it!  Godamn Natives in Sodom and Gomorrah.  I heard other natives who went just turned around and went home immediately. 

These guys didn't say anything until a video with Chase, Dennis Romero, Dan Nananmkin and other Go-Fund Me Babies who have been living on donations and living the festival life since Standing Rock had appeared on Facebook. 

The video was posted on Facebook from Lance Browneyes.

Chase Iron Eyes (https://www.facebook.com/ChaseAloneIronEyes/)
Dennis Romero (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000384456934)
Ernesto Burbank (https://www.facebook.com/BloodlineTattooing)
Antoine Edward Jr ((https://www.facebook.com/antoine.e.jr)
Dan Nananmkin (https://www.facebook.com/dan.nanamkin)

all defend the Burning Man, but what the hell? 

Go to Line 3 (https://mn.gov/puc/line3/) in Wisconsin if you are really water protectors!

This has damaged the reputation of true water protectors who are in jail as I post in Wisconsin https://www.wpr.org/rally-held-against-enbridge-line-3-replacement-project

Apparently these go fund me kids arent interested in protecting unless there is weed, booze and loose white women there anymore. 

This other guy in the video with Chase Iron Eyes is Andrew Ecker

https://www.facebook.com/andrew.ecker1
http://www.drummingsounds.com/
http://reinhabitingthevillage.com/andrew-ecker/

What bothered me in my investigation was he had presented at a flagstaff school according to a flyer on his facebook page.  Then I saw he was charging for drumming.  That seemed ok for whites they will pay for anything.  Then at the bottom of the page was that a sweat lodge would be held.

goo.gl/eQCK63

goo.gl/UxUi3a

I prayed for 4 days about this.  I posted what I found.  I posted the trail.  I uploaded the video which is not found anywhere by the way. 

If NAFPS is truly independent this will lead to investigating these "leaders" and stopping the drumming/sweat lodge experiences for sale in Phoenix, AZ.

C
Title: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting off NoDAPL - Burning Man / Red Lightning Camp
Post by: Defend the Sacred on September 11, 2017, 07:40:22 pm
So, some people tried to bring the ashes from one of the Standing Rock NoDAPL camp fires to... Burning Man. There are a number of videos up about it. You will probably have to be logged in to Facebook to see them. Nothing we can do about that. That's just where the people who survived this chose to livestream them.

White people's idea of "supporting Natives":
https://www.facebook.com/rezroyalty101/videos/1458302800927520/

Young Natives who decided to attend and see for themselves:
https://www.facebook.com/womensindigenousmedia/videos/505914369763975/

Native hip hop artist signed on to perform on main stage. On his way there he said a variety of different things in other people's livestreams, which you should check out for comparision. When he got there he and the other Natives were put on parade as tokens to justify the appropriation:
https://www.facebook.com/antoine.e.jr/videos/1602348293148661/

While pretendian drumming and shouting happened at Burning Man, allegedly to "spread the word" about water protectors and Standing Rock, back at the actual water protector camp in Cheyenne River, the actual water protectors were being honored in traditional ways. This is what two elders have to say about all of this, after they watched all of the above videos and took some time to stop crying and gather their thoughts:
https://www.facebook.com/jthundershield/videos/1524888430902267/
Title: Re: Andrew Ecker
Post by: Piff on September 12, 2017, 05:04:52 pm

If NAFPS is truly independent this will lead to investigating these "leaders" and stopping the drumming/sweat lodge experiences for sale in Phoenix, AZ.

C

Speaking for myself, there is no question that NAFPS is independent. The work stands for itself. No researchers here need to prove anything.

Some frauds continue to the day they die, and then beyond by their family and followers. NAFPS is obviously here for the long haul.

Regarding Andrew Ecker:

Quote
Andrew Ecker born from the Lipan Apache born to the Irish of drumming sounds

http://www.drummingsounds.com/native-american-drum-build-.html

Burning Man threads: http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=2193 http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4173.0

Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4934.0
Title: Re: Andrew Ecker
Post by: Defend the Sacred on September 12, 2017, 05:33:55 pm
Yes, this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha530vVzXz8&feature=youtu.be) has a bit more footage than the raw footage above, including the bizarre introduction. It's all over Facebook, of course. As we've discussed many times on the forum here, and has been a subject of discussion other places this has been posted, Irish heritage has nothing to do with this debacle and it's offensive to imply that's any kind of pass. There's nothing Irish in what this appropriator is doing. Well, except following in the footsteps of the particular Irish-Americans who chose to side with the oppressors once they came to America and become as evil as the particular English and other Euros who had oppressed them back in Ireland and the Caribbean. (How the Irish Became White. Or Wasicu, or Windigo, if you will.)

If you've been reading the forum for any length of time, you know we've been opposed to Burning Man since it started. Also, that this is a public forum where we alert people of things, and have open discussions, but that a lot of our work also happens face to face, in community, where people are held accountable in more traditional ways. We can only talk about that so much on here.

Have we been able to stop all the frauds?  I only wish. Will we be able to?  Please help us.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on September 12, 2017, 10:32:02 pm
A past event posted on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/614767792059208/

Quote
Introduction into The Seven Sacred Containers of Self Identity

Andrew Ecker

This is a guided process into the ancient wisdom of introduction based on the Apache Introduction system. The Sacred Seven process will expand your consciousness and open you to another world of infinite connection and restoration. Although this teaching is at the core of Apache spiritual path Andrew Ecker has created vehicle that is applicable to anyone that wishes to expand into a deeper understanding of self . This process will explain the wisdom and technology behind the Sacred Seven, why we introduce ourselves and reconnect you to your ancestors in way that will harness a power in your everyday life, moving you to live more of an abundant human experience. Please bring 7 small stones of your choice as a representation of yourself, your mother, your father, mother’s mother, you mother;’s father & your father’s mother & your father’s father, the Sacred 7 which will also correlate with the 7 Sacred directions, the 4 in the physical and the 3 in the spiritual.

Andrew Ecker's partner is Monica Patton. They run Drumming Sounds https://www.facebook.com/DrummingSounds/  http://www.drummingsounds.com/

Andrew Ecker Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-ecker-a5485441

Monica Patton is listed as a "wisdomkeeper" on a redlightning.org page http://redlightning.org/bio-page/

Both she and Andrew Ecker are listed in the "Power of Prayer, Standing Rock to Black Rock" booklet, he as "Apache-Irish".

Ecker says he is a "grandson of Cresencia 'Cora' Alvarez an Apache Curandrea 'Herbalist and Healer' from the southwest".  http://reinhabitingthevillage.com/andrew-ecker/

But he does not list this person in his rapid fire family genealogy given in the video link Defend the Sacred posted above.

As far as I could make out, the genealogy he gave is (not in this order) mother Cathy Lindsey, father Gil Ecker, mother's mother Elma Gallegos, mother's father Leroy Lindsey, father's mother Evelyn Lindsey "Irish Woman", father's father Wayne Ecker "Algonquin".

Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on September 12, 2017, 11:35:04 pm
More on Andrew Ecker of Drumming Sounds:

He also runs Wellness Sourcing, LLC https://www.facebook.com/WellnessSourcing/  http://www.wellnesssourcing.com/home.html

Federal vendor, "American Indian Owned" https://govtribe.com/vendor/ecker-andrew-andrew-ecker-phoenix-az

Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: educatedindian on September 13, 2017, 03:30:48 pm
A past event posted on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/events/614767792059208/

Quote
Introduction into The Seven Sacred Containers of Self Identity

Andrew Ecker

This is a guided process into the ancient wisdom of introduction based on the Apache Introduction system. The Sacred Seven process will expand your consciousness and open you to another world of infinite connection and restoration. Although this teaching is at the core of Apache spiritual path Andrew Ecker has created vehicle that is applicable to anyone that wishes to expand into a deeper understanding of self . This process will explain the wisdom and technology behind the Sacred Seven, why we introduce ourselves and reconnect you to your ancestors in way that will harness a power in your everyday life, moving you to live more of an abundant human experience. Please bring 7 small stones of your choice as a representation of yourself, your mother, your father, mother’s mother, you mother;’s father & your father’s mother & your father’s father, the Sacred 7 which will also correlate with the 7 Sacred directions, the 4 in the physical and the 3 in the spiritual.

Andrew Ecker's partner is Monica Patton. They run Drumming Sounds https://www.facebook.com/DrummingSounds/  http://www.drummingsounds.com/

Andrew Ecker Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-ecker-a5485441

Monica Patton is listed as a "wisdomkeeper" on a redlightning.org page http://redlightning.org/bio-page/

Both she and Andrew Ecker are listed in the "Power of Prayer, Standing Rock to Black Rock" booklet, he as "Apache-Irish".

Ecker says he is a "grandson of Cresencia 'Cora' Alvarez an Apache Curandrea 'Herbalist and Healer' from the southwest".  http://reinhabitingthevillage.com/andrew-ecker/

But he does not list this person in his rapid fire family genealogy given in the video link Defend the Sacred posted above.

As far as I could make out, the genealogy he gave is (not in this order) mother Cathy Lindsey, father Gil Ecker, mother's mother Elma Gallegos, mother's father Leroy Lindsey, father's mother Evelyn Lindsey "Irish Woman", father's father Wayne Ecker "Algonquin".

I don't even see an Irish origin for him, and maybe not an Apache one. Lindsey is an English or Scottish name, sometimes from the later Scots in Ireland. Ecker is a German name. The Apache may have come from Alvarez or Gallegos. But he's claiming Lipan, who are mostly on the Mescalero rez in NM. There is an unrecognized Lipan band in south TX.

"Curandrea" is likely supposed to be curandera. But that's Mexican tradition, not Apache, Catholic prayer and ritual mixed with pan NDN, mostly Mesoamerican.

He's got Apache sacred directions wrong. The seven directions are the original four plus three more that are also geographic, not "three in the spiritual."

Most of his actual teachers are mentioned at Reinhabiting the Village:
"the amazing training of his mentors The DRUM , Air Water Fire Earth ,Christine Stevens, Arthur Hull , Jim Boneau , TINY Hanna, Dr. Barry Bittman, Linda Rettinger ,And Teddy Begay."

Most of what he does seem to be along those lines, vague claims of being neotribal or that drumming and music can heal. Seems like he goes a lot to senior centers to get them to drum. And I think it can definitely raise their spirits and help them to be more active. The far fetched claim of actually healing cancer is very irresponsible. I think he's partly well intentioned, but makes mistakes.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Defend the Sacred on September 13, 2017, 05:14:01 pm
I don't even see an Irish origin for him, and maybe not an Apache one. Lindsey is an English or Scottish name, sometimes from the later Scots in Ireland.

It's the sign of the dabbler and fantasist. They don't dig too deep because they don't really want to know. Many Americans who think they're of Irish heritage are actually English and German. Name changes happened frequently among colonists, especially among those who were transported here as criminals. The idea that the Irish continued to be oppressed long after this was true has made fantasists imagine all sorts of bizarre things about the Irish. Nothing this guy is doing is remotely traditional to any intact or ancient culture. He's just another newage, hippie exploiter. With a name like Ecker, yes, he's probably predominantly German. Like all those other hobbyists.
Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Piff on September 13, 2017, 06:52:18 pm
From what I can see, Andrew Ecker on his website in 2014 did not identify as Apache and Irish. https://web.archive.org/web/20140911213820/http://drummingsounds.com/About_Andrew.html

I'll paste in his entire About Andrew from 2014, worthwhile to compare with how he presents himself now.
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Andrew Ecker is a professional drum circle facilitator with over 17 years experience in participating in or facilitating drum circles. As a professional DCF Andrew has received training from accomplished drum circle facilitator Arthur Hull in 2010 and 2011 in the week long intensive training in Oahu Hawaii he has also been trained in Health Rhythms Group Empowerment , Health Rhythms Adolescent Protocol , And the Advanced strategies of Health Rhythms . Andrew Currently owns Drumming Sounds a community building and wellness company.

Drumming Sounds Currently provides services to the Veterans Hospital, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, John C Lincoln Hospital, Palm Valley Hospital, Crest ridge Hospital, Friendship Village, City of Phoenix, Solid Rock Teen Center, The Phoenix Zoo, The Desert Botanical Garden, The City Of Gilbert, AmeriCorps, The Alzheimer’s Association, The Area Agency on Aging, The Sunrise Organization, Santé, Care More Insurance Company, YMCA, Pacifica, Avista senior living, Creative Living Fellowship a New Thought Church the Baha’i Faith Community and many other religious organizations. Andrew has worked to develop programs that support wellness in aging adults.

Andrew has also helped organization develop innovative marketing solutions that include sponsoring group wellness programs for market specific groups and also underserved populations in doing this Andrew has resourcefully been able to provide services for those that normally would not be able to receive wellness programs.

Work/ Volunteer Experience
2003-2006 Bus Pastor and block pastor  Phoenix First assembly of God grew Sunny slope route to record size went from a half bus filled with youth on Sunday morning to 2 over filled busses with record attendance numbers for Sunday attendance and Christmas services. Large expansion in the area of family attendance and youth specialized in one on one youth ministry and family ministry worked with gifts of healing, evangelism and preaching. Andrews experience as a block and Bus Pastor Andrew helped him develop volunteer teams and donor relations Andrew seeing hungry children and families on the bus on Sunday developed an relationship with Sonic restaurant to provide meals for over 100 youth on the bus every Sunday, Andrew also developed donor relations with Eatza Pizza receiving quarterly pizza parties for over 100 youth and Volunteers  Andrew Also obtained cash and  vehicle donations Andrew Helped develop special awards for youth for attendance and was able to secure free passes to Castle Coasters. While working with Families and youth Andrew was available for food box deliveries to prison visits and everything in between. 

2003- 2005 Redemption House Program Developer and House Manger; Andrew work with real estate Agent Dan Valentine to d develop a program for men and woman transitioning from rehab prison or shelter services to work force worked with addiction ministry led bible study prayer group established marketing strategy intake protocol donations and community and church development grew program from 1 house to 4 homes serving over 25 men and woman.

2004-2007 Arizona Christian News Director of Marketing and promotions specialized in developing strategic alliances with church groups state and local governments and businesses to solidify the distribution and exposure of the newspaper developed several major events including Faith and Family Night at the AZ state Fair, Arizona Christian Education Expo, Faith and Family Night with the Diamond Backs worked on a continual basis with Partners in Christ to promote musical performances and events.

2007 to 2012 Founder Drumming Sounds Community Building through Recreational Music hosted over 300 cost free drum circles for community members ranging in ages from toddlers to seniors and demographics from cultural associations specializing in refugee services to  nonprofits working with aging adults. Worked with dance organizations the Middle Eastern Cultural association Inaru Folkorica the Puerto Rican Cultural Association, Fiestas Mexicana, Funny Bones B-Boy Crew, Plaza De Anaya to develop and promote events based around performance or recreational music.

Title: Re: Frauds and Exploiters Profiting or Promoting Themselves off NoDAPL
Post by: Sparks on October 13, 2018, 11:40:30 pm
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/03/02/18796925.php
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Far From Gone: A Timeline of NoDAPL and Other Pipeline Resistance and What YOU Can Do
by Al Carroll
Thursday Mar 2nd, 2017 7:49 AM

This excellent article by Al Carrol (educated indian) seems never to have been posted in this forum. I post the link and an excerpt here since this thread is referred to in this paragraph:

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2. Avoid Exploiters That Feed Off NoDAPL.

These people, sites, and groups divert funds, time, and effort from NoDAPL for their own profit or self promotion:

Andras Corben Arthan, Earthspirit Community-Falsely claims to be doing Native ceremony.

Sean Henry AKA Nanyu Shaabu Eil- Black supremacist claims to be a Native leader.

Anne Wilson Schaef- Cult leader claiming to be Cherokee, long history of abusing followers.

Sylina TaliniYona AKA Sylina Two Bears AKA Sylina Lynch Buehne, falsely claims to be a Cherokee medicine woman and Mayan Shaman, soliciting donations.

Rachel Holzwarth AKA White Eagle Medicine Woman, white imposter claims to be Mohawk.

Jose and Laralyn Rivera AKA Joseph and Laralyn Riverwind, lead a phony tribe and are part of an anti-Muslim hate group, Act For America.

Jim Petruzzi AKA Greywolf falsely claims to be a Lakota healer, diverts money for NoDAPL.

If You Love Native Americans on Facebook- Sells t-shirts falsely claiming to be NoDAPL

Maria Torres profile on Facebook- More fake t-shirts, claims Native, actually Vietnamese.

TheIndigenousPeoples.com-Sells knockoffs of Native t-shirt artists.

NativeThing.com-Also sells knockoffs made in China or Vietnam.

Rise With Standing Rock, a click bait site run by Rave Mehta.

Check http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4934.0 for updates.