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Sparks:
This Facebook page posts material similar and even identical to what the NAFPS Forum is all about;

https://www.facebook.com/TAAF-The-Tribal-Alliance-Against-Frauds-346096246518240


--- Quote ---About
This page exists to alert the public to the presence of people or groups falsely claiming to be Native American, selling ceremony, selling memberships to fake "tribes" or selling what they purport to be Native American healing, medicine or teachings.
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They also have a website: https://nativeamericanfrauds.com/


--- Quote ---About Us
WHAT WE DO

We expose ethnic frauds pretending to be Indigenous people or "tribes" when they are not. 

We are researchers. We gather facts. We are the whistle blowers.

We do our best to see actual cases of fraud and violations of IACA, ICWA, RICO, etc., prosecuted. 

We try to shut down the activities of individuals and organizations falsely representing themselves as Indigenous at every opportunity.

We do not focus on the millions of individuals who believe they have Native ancestry when they do not.

We focus on the individuals, groups and corporations who are falsely representing Indigenous cultures, histories, spiritual practices and/or falsely claiming Indigenous identity as individuals for profit or fame.

Read more: Who We Are and Why It's Important
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See also: https://nativeamericanfrauds.com/about-us

I suggest this post be moved to the Non-Frauds board (I cannot put it in there myself).

Sparks:
I posted here about their first (and only?) case (Topic "Larry Lewis AKA Mashu White Feather"):


--- Quote from: Sparks on September 25, 2022, 04:39:54 am ---This is a post from 2017: https://nativeamericanfrauds.com/case-1
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halokamarie84:
Liana Constatino does have a 6 digit Cherokee Nation citizen card number.

That's where the facts end.

As a neighbor of Liana's in Jackson County North Carolina....

1.Liana Constatino does not have a legal license to operate Tribal alliance against frauds.
2.Liana Constatino does not have a legal license to investigate any persons while she resides in the state of North Carolina.
3.Liana Constatino does not have a midwifery license because midwifery is illegal in the state of North Carolina.
4.Liana Constatino is not a member of the American Indian Movement (per National AIM and the Grand Governing Council.)
5.Liana Constatino does not have a large pagan congregation because the Sylva Pagan Temple does not exist.


It's a PO Box in the tiny Post office at Dillsboro NC.

Sparks:

--- Quote from: WhittierDeluxe28789 on October 06, 2022, 02:58:16 am ---Liana Constatino does have a 6 digit Cherokee Nation citizen card number.
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I was not aware of Liana (or Lianna) Constatino (also spelled Constantino and Costantino) (mentioned six times in the previous post) when I started this topic. I found references confirming this connection:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lianna-costantino-47b36347/

--- Quote ---Lianna Costantino (She/Her) -- Sylva, North Carolina, USA
[…]
Experience
TAAF (Tribal Alliance Against Frauds)
Co-founder
July 2010 - Present
Defending tribal sovereignty one fraud at a time

Board Chair
Center for Native Health
March 2016 - July 2017
Cherokee, NC
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https://vtdigger.org/2022/05/16/lianna-constantino-uvm-gave-the-actual-abenaki-people-a-platform/

--- Quote ---Lianna Constantino: UVM gave the actual Abenaki people a platform
By Commentary — May 16 2022
This commentary is by Lianna Constantino, a Cherokee Nation citizen from Oklahoma who now lives in Cherokee, North Carolina. She is co-founder and director of the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, an organization consisting of federally recognized tribal members from the United States, First Nations citizens from Canada, and their allies.
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https://www.indianz.com/News/2022/09/30/the-pretendians-documentary-from-canada-tackles-hot-topic/

--- Quote ---Despite the attention being drawn to the Pretendian issue, Taylor and the subjects in the documentary have often found it difficult to get answers from those who have made claims to Native nations. One segment focuses on Robert “Bob” Lovelace, a professor at Queen’s University who claims to be Cherokee from the United States and has since been identifying himself as Algonquin in Canada.

Lianna Constantino, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and a co-founder and director of the Tribal Alliance Against Frauds, attempts to ask Lovelace about his shifting claims. As seen in “The Pretendians,” she even travels from the U.S. to the university campus in Ontario to speak with him directly — yet fails to receive a response.
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https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/wednesday-february-10-2021-exposing-false-native-heritage/
— Below this article I find four comments by Lianna Costantino.


--- Quote from: WhittierDeluxe28789 on October 06, 2022, 02:58:16 am ---1.Liana Constatino does not have a legal license to operate Tribal alliance against frauds.
2.Liana Constatino does not have a legal license to investigate any persons while she resides in the state of North Carolina.
3.Liana Constatino does not have a midwifery license because midwifery is illegal in the state of North Carolina.
4.Liana Constatino is not a member of the American Indian Movement (per National AIM and the Grand Governing Council.)
5.Liana Constatino does not have a large pagan congregation because the Sylva Pagan Temple does not exist.
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As for points 1 and 2: Why would a 'legal license' be needed? As far as I know, NAFPS has no such license, and would not need it? Anyone can investigate any public person or entity, I suppose?

Points 3, 4, and 5, seem irrelevant to the topic of this thread?

Sparks:
WhittierDeluxe started a new topic [Holy Fool Arts] with contents that belong here in the TAAF thread, so I quote in full:


--- Quote from: WhittierDeluxe28789 on October 07, 2022, 09:01:29 pm ---https://restorationvillagearts.org/rva-fellows/holy-fool-arts/

Who are these people and why are they the fan club of the woman legally renamed as Liana Elizabeta Constatino.

They claim biblical prophecy but are the money grabbers for the phony Tribal Alliance Against Frauds.

I live in Cherokee North Carolina. There is NO such business on the Qualla Boundary. (I am business owner who has to pay dues yearly to keep my business license on the Qualla Boundary throu Tribal Economic Regulations Office. There is a directory of every business published yearly by the TERO office and TAAF is not a sanctioned business on the Qualla Boundary. I can scan all 60 pages if you are in dire need to verify.)
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My boldings in quote. I find no public information about 'Liana Elizabeta Constatino'. Can you point to your source for your claim "… the woman legally renamed as Liana Elizabeta Constatino"?

I can find no connection whatsoever between the 'Tribal Alliance Against Frauds' and 'Holy Fool Arts'. Likewise, no connection between their founders, neither Tevyn East nor Jay Beck, and TAAF.

So your unsubstantiated claim is that Holy Fool Arts are "the money grabbers for the phony Tribal Alliance Against Frauds". The burden of proof is yours. Please explain. — Also, in what way is TAAF 'phony', except in your opinion?


--- Quote from: Sparks on October 07, 2022, 01:53:38 am ---As for points 1 and 2: Why would a 'legal license' be needed? As far as I know, NAFPS has no such license, and would not need it? Anyone can investigate any public person or entity, I suppose?
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I asked you this before, and instead of replying you make new accusations and claims. So now my question is: Why does TAAF need to be "a sanctioned business on the Qualla Boundary"?

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