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https://www.quora.com/Why-was-the-Unification-Church-created/answer/Al-Carroll-17
Why was the Unification Church created?
Al Carroll
PhD in History, Arizona State University Jun 27
Most of the evidences points toward the supposed church being a useful front for the KCIA (South Korean version of the CIA) and South Korean and Japanese organized crime. It generates huge amounts of income by its control of its followers donating all their income and time, plus the following businesses:

One Up Enterprises Inc.

International Association for Peace and Economic Development (IAED)

Pyeonghwa Motors, an automobile manufacturer

Cheongshim Hospital

Ilhwa Company, producer of ginseng products

Isshin Hospital

Tongil Group pharmaceuticals, tourism, and publishing

Tongil Heavy Industries, machine parts and hardware for the South Korean military

Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea

Master Marine, shipbuilding and fishing company in Alabama

International Seafood of Kodiak, Alaska

Master Marine owning a factory in Las Vegas

True World Foods, sushi, restaurants, and markets

One Mind Farms

News World Communications includes newspapers New York City Tribune, Noticias del Mundo, United Press International, The World and I, Tiempos del Mundo, The Segye Ilbo (South Korea), The Sekai Nippo (Japan), the Zambezi Times (South Africa), The Middle East Times (Egypt), Insight on the News, and The Washington Times.

American Life TV cable television network

Belvedere Estate

Unification Theological Seminary

New Yorker Hotel

Rolland Denny mansion

In Uruguay owns the country's largest hotel, a leading bank, the second-largest newspaper and two of the largest printing plants.

National Hospitality Corporation

U.S. Property Development Corporation

Yongpyong Resort

The supposed church also controls the following fronts in politics:

Freedom Leadership Foundation

Peace United Family Party

International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP)

The Summit Council for World Peace

Coalition for a Free World

Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy

CAUSA International

International Coalition for Religious Freedom

International Federation for Victory over Communism (IFVOC)

Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation

National Committee Against Religious Bigotry and Racism

National Prayer and Fast Committee

The Moonies also are strong allies and financial supporters of the following groups and organizations:

American Conference on Religious Movements together with Scientology

American Freedom Coalition (AFC)

Christian Heritage Foundation

Empowerment Network, a political PAC of US Senator Joe Lieberman

Foundation for Religious Freedom (Also known as the New Cult Awareness Network) together with Scientology.

George Bush Presidential Library with a $1 million donation.

Geneva Interfaith and Intercultural Alliance

Liberty University, contributing $3.5 million

Married Priests Now!

Million Family March with The Nation of Islam

National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC) with a $500,000 donation.

University of Bridgeport of Bridgeport, Connecticut given $50 million in exchange for a majority of board members to come from Moonie groups.

World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)

https://www.quora.com/Have-you-ever-been-indoctrinated-into-a-cult-How-did-you-escape-Are-all-of-the-worlds-various-organized-religions-nothing-more-than-cults/answer/Al-Carroll-17
Al Carroll
Co founder and researcher for New Age Frauds Plastic Shamans Jun 25
There are huge differences between cults and all the worlds best known religions, and virtually all the lesser known religions. Those who claim there are no differences either do not know much about the topic and may be lazy in their thinking, or more likely they are bigoted anti theists. An anti theist is quite different from an atheist. Atheists tend to be thoughtful highly ethical people who could not find a religion that lived up to their high standards. Anti theists are hateful, vicious, and take pride in being openly bigoted against every faith.

Cults choose to isolate themselves. They do not mix with outsiders and are very paranoid. Their leader is authoritarian and not to be questioned, with no input from the community of the faithful as most religions practice. Leaders have private enforcers, often a literal army and spy network. Some practice psychologically breaking down followers, including by use and abuse of drugs.

Abuse is epidemic in cults. We all know about the abuse of children and others in the Catholic and other churches. That is horrifying, with as many as 5% of priests guilty of assaults. In cults that percentage may be literally 10 to 20 times higher:

Dwight York of the Nuwaubians abused hundreds of children as young as age 5, fathering 84 children by his victims. Harley Reagan of the so called Deer Tribe ordered his cult members to anally masturbate with objects in their anuses, in groups, and charged them $2000 for this fake ceremony, falsely claiming it was Cherokee sex magic. The so called Rainbow Tribe is notorious for sexual assaults and child abuse, often drugging its victims.

Financial abuse is far worse in cults too. Where churches may ask you to tithe 10%, cults often force members to give them literally everything they own. And then force them to work long hours for the cult. A few cults have actual sex workers working for them.

Finally, many cults have deception on a massive scale. Some just have bizarre claims, like Harley Reagan claiming to simultaneously been in Special Forces, the CIA, a POW in Vietnam, and in the Olympics all at the same time. The Moonies have long been a front for the KCIA, the South Korean version of the CIA, and for both South Korean and Japanese organized crime. Whatever the alleged spiritual value of different beliefs in cults, by their behavior they are criminal and dangerous to us all.

The reliability of Quora answers are all over the place. A lot of wishful thinking, ideologically motivated rants, sometimes conspiracy claims. But there are good answers from knowledgeable people. Obviously the first thing is to always look at the credentials of the person answering. This thread will be for the better answers, solely for the topics we cover, esp famous frauds. I am going to start with some questions I have answered, limited solely to our topic here.

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 https://www.quora.com/Is-the-Unification-Church-founded-in-South-Korea-a-cult/answer/Al-Carroll-17
Is the Unification Church, founded in South Korea, a cult?
Al Carroll
Co founder and researcher for New Age Frauds Plastic Shamans Jun 24
What sets cults apart is they isolate their members from the rest of society in order to control them better. This is usually coupled with abuse, spiritual, psychological, financial, and often sexual. Cults also are not remotely democratic, with an authoritarian leader who usually has enforcers, sometimes a literal army.

Yes, the Moonies are a cult. They are isolated from everyone else. It controls its members right down to telling them who to marry, often people who have never met before. Some of its members have been literally held hostage. So called Reverend Moon, self appointed, was claimed to be literally Jesus, with absolute authority and never to be questioned. When he was convicted of tax fraud in the 1980s and served a brief term in a cushy white collar prison, what did the cult do? Appeal to right wing politicians and American fundamentalists, claim persecution, and of course, raise a lot of funds off this claim.

The Moonies also are a useful front for both the KCIA, the South Korean version of the CIA, and South Korean organized crime. In Japan fully half the members of the Liberal Democratic Party are tied to the Moonies. It was found guilty of defrauding tens of thousands of its Japanese members and ordered dissolved. Conflict with the Moonies led to the assassination of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

In the US the cult has huge influence, including through fronts such as The Washington Times. It donated millions to the election campaigns of Donald Trump. The cult is rapidly Islamophobic and pro support of the Israeli right wing, including Benjamin Netanyahu. The cult has literally dozens of front groups for their causes, where they conceal their true intentions, beliefs, and even their presence. People can, of course, choose to believe what they wish. Whatever the value of their belief system, as an organization it is extremely corrupt and dangerous to us all, but of course most of all to its own members.

Very old early example. Sam Morningstar posts at Quora for many years, very knowledgeable good researcher. The photos and docs are at the original link. Bolding is mine.

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https://www.quora.com/How-do-Native-Americans-feel-about-the-song-Indian-Reservation/answer/Morningstar-195
How do Native Americans feel about the song "Indian Reservation?"
Morningstar
Native American 7y
I think it's a wack song, musically and lyrically speaking.

But, it's also has a very interesting back story. It's long, but worth the read.

See, I talk about the phenomenon of White Americans frequently claiming to be "part-Cherokee." And this is yet another example of this. Seriously, folks, this shit cannot be exaggerated! It's just insane!

The song was written by John D. Loudermilk. And he claims to be "part-Cherokee." As a side note, the dude looks a lot like Conan O'Brien.

But, before I delve into the Loudermilk nonsense, I have to point out that the song was first recorded and popularized by a fellow named Marvin Rainwater in 1958, under the title "The Pale Faced Indian." Rainwater also claimed to be ¼ Cherokee himself. In fact, it was sort of his thing, and he talked about it quite a lot during his career.

He was mostly a country western, or proto-rockabilly, singer and had some decent success in the 1950s, including a number one hit in the UK, "Whole Lotta Woman."

He often performed in a beaded headband and fringe jackets. In interviews, Rainwater reiterated his part-Cherokee ancestry, mostly claiming to be ¼ degree. Some sources state that this was through his mother's line, and that it was her name that was Rainwater and he adopted this as a stage name. Here is a sample of his claims. *Notice too, the statement about "sensitive Indians" and their supposed interaction with him.

September 1, 1957 interview (The Milwaukee Journal):

In reality, his father was the Rainwater. And Marvin Rainwater was not Cherokee at all. Here is his background:

None of Marvin's grandparents were Cherokee. These are all standard Southern Whites lineages and you can research most lines going back quite far. Just a brief mention of a few lineages: Ema J (Lorren) Miller was the daughter of a Confederate soldier William Lorren, and granddaughter of George Lorren who received homestead land patents in Alabama. These earlier ancestors were White settlers that moved into lands that had been cleared of Indians during the early American expansion era. The Rainwater line goes back to 1600s Virginia (Anglo) settlers. I know the surname Rainwater sounds all Native American-y, but it's not.

Ironically, some of Marvin's distant Rainwater relatives actually got Cherokee land in Land Lotteries (1832 – Sixth Cherokee Land Lottery in what is now Cobb County, GA). Yes, I'm totally serious.

As I said before, you can't make this stuff up people! This family actually represented the White settlers that directly settled on lands that had been taken by force from the Cherokee. And then fast forward in time and this White guy who descends from the very same group that displaced Cherokees is claiming to be "a quarter Cherokee" as part of his identity.

In fact, there is some indication that Marvin Rainwater came up with the "quarter Cherokee" claim simply as a marketing ploy – to "break out" or gain attention. A public radio interview/story in the 90s states the following:

Marvin Rainwater Sings Again

"I Gotta Go Get My Baby" - recorded here for MGM - was an early Rainwater tune his brother Ray parlayed into a TV appearance with Arthur Godfrey in 1953. By now, Marvin had come up with an Indian persona. He isn't Indian, that he knows of, but it worked with his last name. He wore a headband and fringed leather jacket. He wrote lyrics about his Cherokee brothers. He had the suit, the songs, and the ambition - but needed a big break. And as everyone knew in the early fifties, Arthur Godfrey was in the big-break business.

Alright, well, that's just the tip of the iceberg for this story, and this American "Cherokee blood" phenomenon. Next, let's look at the songwriter's story.

Not only does John D. Loudermilk claim Cherokee blood, he has spun an absolutely fabulous story about this song, in particular. He's done interviews over the years and the story lines are generally the same, although there is some variation and degrees of embellishment.

Here's an interview he did from February 2013:

For those that can't get through this entire clip, I'll provide the excerpt transcript of the the crazy "Cherokee" story here:

JL: "Indian Reservation."

Radio DJ: Oh yeah.

JL: I was coming from Nashville back to Durham to visit my mother and father. And I got on top of a hill...at the mountain there at Cherokee. And I got snowed in. And I had to stop my little Volkswagen bug...bus and go to sleep. And during the night a tap came on the window. Now, you'd never do that now. You wouldn't park and expect not to get your ass killed, or whatever.

But, a little tap came on it [the window] and it's a guy with a feather in his hair [or, "hat"]. And he said, 'Are you Mr. Loudermilk?" And I said, 'Yes, something's happened and their calling me.' He said, 'Follow me.' So, I got out of the car and followed him through the snow down off the side of the road to a cave down there underneath the road.

Radio DJ: Did you know that guy?

JL: No, but he knew me see...he said, 'You from Nashville?' [unintelligible] idiot kid would do that. Which I did. And so there was a fire going and three or four guys sitting around the fire. And so, he introduced himself as Bloody Beartooth. And he was an Indian chieftain. And he wanted to ask me to write a song about their plight – the Cherokee Indian's plight

Radio DJ: Trail of Tears and all that?

JL: Yes, he knew I was a song writer. And he was very persuasive in his...not a demand, but a spirited request. And so, I came back and wrote the song. Well, it became a hit all over the world. And about 15 years after that we got a letter – Susan and I got a letter...this was about 5 years ago I think. And it said you have been given the first Medal of Honor from the Cherokee, uh, tribe in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. There are two. There's one in North Carolina, Cherokee North Carolina, then there's Tahlequah in Oklahoma.

Radio DJ: The other end of the Trail of Tears.

JL: The other end of the Trail of Tears. And so, I went there and we sat through this and it was wonderful. And, uh, the next morning, he said I'd like to show you something. So, he took us to the archives. And he opened up an old ledger book that was kept by a Senator Daws [sic] – D A W S – during the Trail of Tears period that had a list of all of the Cherokee Indians that had been marched at bayonet point from Cherokee...which were the gold mines really, nobody's gotten into that yet. But, this is...we used to have all the gold over here in this section, before they opened up gold in California.

Radio DJ: That's why they sent the Cherokee...

JL: Well, we don't know. But, and so...he said I want you to look down on the list. There were 1,600 people. And I got to L's and here was Loudermilk. And he said, these were your great-great grandparents. And uh, it was a Homer and Matilda Loudermilk. And they were 91 years old and walked 1600 miles to Oklahoma and then farmed for five years. And he said...I said, 'Why are you doing this to me?' He said, 'Because this award is the only award in the world that we give to people because of their blood.'

Radio DJ: Not the song so much, your blood.

JL: That's right.

Radio DJ: The blood.

JL: But, I didn't know it when I wrote the song. I wrote from the blood, and didn't know why.

Radio DJ: From the heart.

JL: Yeah.

Okay, let's summarize what he's saying. He's laying claim to Cherokee ancestry, first of all. And secondly, he's claiming he was approached by this community to tell the Cherokee story, or "plight." A chief "Bloody Bearpaw" approached him on that snowy night and took him to a secret cave even! Further, he claims ancestors were listed on tribal rolls, and were subjected to the Trail of Tears.

That's very specific!

Now, as per usual, let me highlight the reality of his ancestry, and illustrate yet again...this is a White person falsely claiming Cherokee blood and usurping an identity for some very strange personal reasons.

I seriously don't understand why White Americans do this so much, but it's just like how the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. It's a natural cycle, or to be expected.

So, here's this dude's ancestry along the Loudermilk lines (which he is claiming as Cherokee, although he misidentifies his GG grandparents in the interview):

Alright, and to highlight why his claims - and larger phenomenon - are so ironic, let me point out the actual European-American ancestry in the lineage usually traces back to settlers that took Native lands, or even were Indian fighters.

This is the case here!

John Loudermilk's paternal lines is traced as follows:

His father was John Dee Loudermilk, Sr., born in 1883 and died in 1960.

John Dee Loudermilk, Sr (1883-1960) - Find A...

We can then click on the link to his father, Colonel Loudermilk, born in 1857. An obituary is extant that clearly makes these connections from father to son – he is listed as "Dee" from Durham.

From this point, the Find-a-grave links go dead. So, we need to turn to other records. We know Colonel was born in Cherokee County, NC. If he was age 75 at death in 1933, that gives us a birth year of about 1858. A search of census records returns a good hit. Here is the family cluster in the 1860 Census, in Cherokee County, NC, with a "Colonel M. Loudermilk" listed, age about 1 at time of enumeration.

Okay, so we find a G. W. Loudermilk married to a Narcissa Loudermilk, the parents of little "Colonel." Narcissa was listed as having been born in Warren County, Georgia. Let's take a look see at those records now. Here ya go...a marriage record. From Warren County, no less. Here is Narcissa Torrence getting married to G. W. Lowdermilk in 1837:

Let's go to the 1850 Census and see if we can find this family cluster. Here they are, same county (Cherokee County, NC):

Alright, now let's explore the sad facts...and it really is rather uniform when you delve into these Cherokee blood lore claims and really research them thoroughly. Take a look at George W. and Narcissa's household. First of all it confirms the Torrence maiden name for Narcissa. Her mother Matilda is living in with them at this time. But, look at the next entry down – Garner N. Loudermilk. That is GW's brother. They were the sons of GW Loudermilk Sr. and an unknown first wife.

Garner was literally a militia captain that was directly involved in the 1838 brutal removals and forced death marches to Indian Territory.

The source graphic isn't quite clear, but here are more detailed facts:

Garner Loudermilk was commissioned as a Captain under Captain Samuel Patterson's Company of Mounted Volunteers - 22 May 1838-14 Jul 1838. This was the most brutal point in the Trail of Tears and this man was a captain.

I know this isn't a direct ancestor in the line we are looking at, but this was John D. Loudermilk's great-grandfather's brother. It's not that far removed. And the dates of service are very important. May 1838 – July 1838 represented the very height of the worst treatment of Cherokees at the hands of the militia/military. These were at the gun-point removals, the stockade staging points, capturing "escaping" Cherokees in the mountains, and then the early forced marches without sufficient provisions (and cruel treatment). It was the worst of the worst. So, indeed there were Loudermilks on the Trail of Tears, but they were holding bayonets and prodding Cherokees along.

Then we can find the Loudermilk brothers living side by side each other in Cherokee County, NC. Ironic name don't you think? These were lands that were taken away from the Cherokee and opened up to White settlers such as this Loudermillk family.

Alright, but let's go one step further and look at another person in this direct lineage.

GW Loudermilk Sr. was in the war of 1812. And not only that, he was part of the Eastern Tennesseee Militia which fought in the Creek War (part of the War of 1812), under Capt Wear's command. And here's a fun fact. Wear was one of the most brutal commanders in that war and was actually relieved of command (and his unit disbanded) for a massacre that made even Jackson upset...which is a very tall order.

Samuel Wear - Wikipedia

The eastern TN militia was almost exclusively a body of Indian Fighters. There is no other way to put this.

So, let's pull the lens back here and take a look at what this song really represents on a deeper level. It's basically a fabrication of a White dude that is using Cherokees as a sort of prop or rhetorical device. Then, he is laying claim or usurping this identity for himself. And he is telling the story of "plight" of the people. In contradistinction to that, his actual ancestry represents the very people that fought Natives Americans, removed them, and occupied their stolen lands.

Further, not only is this restricted to the original songwriter, but the musician that first recorded and popularized it, did the same exact thing. He represents the same bogus "Cherokee blood" claim and fabricated identity.

Seriously, if Cherokees do indeed have a plight, it might be the continuous and perpetual frustration of dealing with White people and their blood lore myths and constructed identities!

Holy shit, you can't even make this shit up! It's just so astounding!

The first post in this topic is also about Buffy Sainte-Marie:

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5676.0
[Bob Dylan (Robert Dylan) AKA Robert Allen Zimmerman]

Quote from: Sparks on December 05, 2023, 07:48:18 PMQuoting excerpts from this article: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/front-row-seat-bob-dylan-buffy-sainte-marie-and-reckoning-over-folk-revival

Front Row Seat: Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie and reckoning over folk revival
CBC News has produced evidence that Buffy Sainte-Marie has been untruthful about her purported origins. There are echoes in the story of Bob Dylan, a fellow folkie born in Duluth the same year.
By Jay Gabler — November 23, 2023 at 6:00 AM

Clicking the link leads to downloading the article.
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https://albertalawreview.com/index.php/ALR/article/download/2737/2686/3015
THE DEAD SLEEP QUIET:
HISTORY OF THE ORGANIZED PSEUDOLEGAL
COMMERCIAL ARGUMENT PHENOMENON IN CANADA – PART II
DONALD J. NETOLITZKY*
A US-sourced set of false law concepts, "pseudolaw," entered into Canada circa 2000. A
localized version of pseudolaw was adopted by two ideologically distinct Canadian
populations: (1) Detaxers, and (2) Freemen-on-the-Land.
This article investigates the fate of these "first-wave" pseudolaw phenomena, and their
direct descendants. Each remain largely dead and inactive, despite near ideal conditions for
a resurgence. This pattern is unexpected, since pseudolaw thrives and expands in stress
situations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795
II. BACKGROUND AND TERMINOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
A. OVERVIEW OF PSEUDOLAW CONCEPTS
AND COMMUNITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
B. CANADIAN PSEUDOLAW LITIGATION ACTIVITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
III. PRE-PANDEMIC PSEUDOLAW GROUPS
DID NOT RE-ACTIVATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813
A. DETAXERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
B. FREEMEN-ON-THE-LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
C. THE CHURCH OF THE ECUMENICAL
REDEMPTION INTERNATIONAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
D. SECOND-WAVE FREEMAN-LIKE PSEUDOLAW GURUS . . . . . . . . . . . 821

....8. SOVRAN NATIONS
Netolitzky, "History #1," describes the vigilante Tacit Supreme in Law Court, and two
affiliated pseudolaw organizations: the Calgary-based United Sovran Nations, and
Edmonton-area North Watchmen People's Assembly.222 These groups were followers of
"Senior Chief Justice Andreas Pirelli," whose actual name was Mario Antonacci. Antonacci
first espoused pseudolaw in 2009–2010 as head of the Sovran Nations Embassies of Mother
Earth223 in Montreal, but, when faced with criminal assault proceedings, Antonacci
absconded to Calgary.224 Antonacci there established the most organized, and best-funded
of the known Canadian pseudolaw institutions.225 Antonacci's objective was separatist
communities that detached themselves via pseudolaw techniques. Antonacci discretely
marketed his project in Canadian and US pseudolaw circles. At the time of Antonacci's
arrest, his groups were purchasing land for "Infinite Nations" compounds and had organized their own police, courts, and other institutions.226 After his 2013 arrest in Calgary during a
landlord-tenant dispute, Antonacci was returned to Quebec and sentenced to two years and
nine months, but that sentence was reduced on appeal for mental health reasons.227
The Tacit Supreme in Law Court and its affiliated subordinate "Embassies"228 then appear
to have largely gone inactive. Antonacci now calls himself "Arunda," and is one of a pair of
Quebec-area instructors of "Magickey Teknik,"229 an alternative medicine therapy where
hands operate as body maps, so that stimulating a part of a hand with a probe or ball or other
object will (purportedly) provide physical benefit. For example, stimulating the skin between
the third and fourth fingers allegedly influences anal and colonic function.230 Though
unorthodox, Arunda's instruction does not appear to involve pseudolaw. Larry Zachow, the
leader of the North Watchmen People's Assembly, died in 2016.231 Two followers of
Antonacci, Chris Hampton and Luke Michel Denis,232 in 2017 announced the "Incite Insight"
"Cutting Edge New Media Channel"233 and self-published a pseudolaw text: "The Freedom
Handbook."234 Nothing then followed.
Subsequent investigation has determined Antonacci's group was a branch of a still larger
pseudolaw network. The original central figure was a US citizen, "Sovran Signatory-ClanMother:Maryjane:Blackshear Monarch Matriarch Of The Kanabosm Clan," leader of the
"Sovran Unity Nations Embassy." Blackshear and six other "Sovran Signatory-ClanMothers" purportedly derived authority from a document titled the "Camel's Eye Treaty 408
A.D."235 Al Carroll, an expert in false claims on Indigenous law, authority, and affiliation,
concluded the Treaty is a fantastic and preposterous fiction concocted by Sovereign Citizens
based on writings of Meredith M. Quinn.236 For example, among many other things, the
Treaty claims North and South American First Nations populations in 408 AD were involved
with the Roman Empire.237 This peculiar document integrates pseudolaw claims with a New
Age marijuana-based matriarchy. Antonacci is also a signatory of the Camel's Eye Treaty,
a subordinate "Sovran-Steward" of the "Kanabosm Clan."238
Post-Treaty, the Kanabosm Clan and other signatories fragmented. The resulting factions
posted reciprocal vigilante pseudolaw court decisions and notices that targeted each other.239
At least four successor groups resulted. Antonacci's United Sovran Nations was by far the
most successful. In Billings Montana, former Montana Freemen240 Cecil DeLabio and Ted
Shinneman operate a second vigilante pseudolaw court that also called itself the "Tacit
Supreme In Law Court," the "the highest court ... on the earth."241 Both DeLabio and
Shinneman are "Sovran Stewards" named in the Camel's Eye Treaty. Little more is known
about this Sovran Nations branch.
Blackshear also relocated to Calgary where she organized a "prosperity program," the
"SUNKE Temple Trust,"242 that combined US-type Sovereign Citizen pseudolaw concepts
with claims that Blackshear is a divine person. Blackshear then attempted to enforce her
sacred status by suing the Canadian government and Federal and Alberta Attorneys General
in Federal Court, demanding an end to blasphemy against "Maitreya" Blackshear, "The
Divine Holy Mother Of All In/Of Creation," and $108 quadrillion in damages.243
Unsurprisingly, Blackshear's lawsuit was struck out as incomprehensible and hopeless.
Blackshear was deported from Canada in 2013,244 but remains active on social media,245 and
in 2019 appeared in a documentary alleging marijuana has religious characteristics.246
The final remaining Sovran Nations fragment is a one-person cult of personality centred
around "klanmother karen-ann:zachyk lucyk baron macdonald," or "(:k-a:m)."247 Despite her
suggestive title, Macdonald operates in New-Age cultic and crank healthcare circles, is
highly active in associated social media and conventions, and exhibits a full spectrum of
improvisational millenialist cultic milieu beliefs. Macdonald is a former nurse turned tantric
(sex) magic and colonic irrigation (large volume enema) specialist. Macdonald has engaged
in an itinerant lifestyle, based from a number of motorhomes, relocating between what she
identifies as sacred sites in British Columbia and Alberta, issuing pseudolaw "kammands"
that assert her divine authority.248 Macdonald's group has a core follower base of, at most,
a few dozen individuals.
Unsurprisingly, government actors have ignored Macdonald's claims. The only identified
litigation that involves Macdonald are divorce proceedings with her ex-husband lawyer.249

222 Netolitzky, "History #1," supra note 4 at 628-29. See also McCoy, Jones & Hastings, supra note 65 at
69–70 for further observations on this group. 223 "Sovran Nations Embassies of Mother Earth," online: Internet Archive <web.archive.org/web/201008
29061504/http://www.sovrannationsembassies.com/>; "SovranNations," online: <www.youtube.com/
channel/UCldkyHdEQ_aRfTzWfatImQA>. 224 Christiane Desjardins, "La prison pour le fugitif Antonacci," La Presse (28 June 2014), online:
<www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-affaires-criminelles/proces/201406/28/01-4779575-la-prisonpour-le-fugitif-antonacci.php>. 225 Netolitzky, "History #1," supra note 4 at 628–29.
226 One of the few surviving online components of Antonacci's Alberta projects is a 2013 recruitment video
describing Antonacci's separatist communities: EvolverCalgary, "Infinite Nations" (7 February 2013),
online (video): <www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1-XcjFFV2c>. 227 Antonacci c R, 2014 QCCA 1889. 228 "The United Sovran Nations," online: Internet Archive <web.archive.org/web/20130925023003/http://
unitedsovrannations.org/>. 229 Online: Magickey Teknik <www.sujokacademy.club/index.php/fr/>; <www.facebook.com/Magickey
TeknikAcademy/>. 230 Online: eBay <i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MjQyWDU5MA==/z/BU0AAOSw44BYfvn9/$_27.JPG>. 231 "Larry Edgar Zachow," online: <www.trinityfuneralhome.ca/obituary/larry-edgar-zachow/>. 232 Denis originally was a collaborator with Menard: 13Passion4Truth, "Freeman Lectures - Robert Menard,
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QuoteAre you free?  Or did your parents sign you away to the corporation?  How many parents out there sold their child out to be abducted by the system?  Did you sell your child's placenta or did you keep it for healing later in life?  I did not write this but VekesohvoKomaestse Thomas Whitefeather did and it is a good idea that you read and study this.

Thomas hasn't posted anything public on his https://www.facebook.com/drthomas.whitefeather/ since April.

He says he is "a Colville, Cheyenne, White Mountain Apache" and can cross the Canadian/USA border freely without identification.

I don't see any new discussion of him on Facebook or in Washington state media.

QuoteFor those who did encounter her directly, you can probably agree with criticisms and observations that she was abrasive, borderline abusive, and received a seemingly endless amount of grace from Evergreen administration due to her identity as a Native woman. She often excused her behavior by saying she was just a "strong Native woman" and blamed others/implied others were racist for not knowing how to accept or deal with her behavior.

There are many, many stories about her berating her students and screaming at her teaching assistants. My first day at Evergreen, I watched her berate two students assisting her, screaming at them, in front of hundreds of onlookers. Nobody did anything. It was accepted behavior from her.

It's hard to put into words just how abusive she could be.

https://www.reddit.com/r/evergreen/comments/1ob30uz/gale_tremblay_not_actually_native/?sort=new

Gail Tremblay abused her students. She also abused the young low income people she hired to help her, she yelled at them and paid them under the table.

Discussions about her continue to bubble up online. I know former students that were abused. Everyone's stories are similar.

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"Healed Healers Heal": Inside the Push for an Indigenous Medical School
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by Elyse Wild
June 19, 2026

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A first-of-its-kind medical school could transform healthcare in Indian Country for the better.

The Indigenous School of Medicine (ISOM), a proposed medical school that weaves ceremony, culture, and Indigenous practices into physician education, could welcome students as early as 2030.

Dr. Donald Warne (Oglala Sioux), physician and co-director for the Center for Indigenous Health at Johns Hopkins and ISOM president, told Native News Online that the school aims to provide an environment where students don't have to check their Indigenity at the door, but instead center their education and practice around their culture.

The school could not only increase the number of Native American physicians — only 0.3% of practicing physicians are American Indian or Alaska Native — but would also create a space in medical academia for Native people.

"A big challenge in medical education is that we have zero medical school deans who are American Indian," Warne said. "We're not underrepresented — we're unrepresented."

We talked to Warne about creating a curriculum that leaves medical students healed instead of exhausted, the omnipresence of Indigenous medicine in healthcare, and why culture is critical to care in Indian Country.

This Q&A has been edited for clarity and length.

When we use the word Indigenous with medicine, society tends to automatically categorize it as anecdotal, not evidence-based or simply as a nice add-on. We know that isn't the case, though. There is a wealth of evidence attesting to the efficacy of Indigenous medicine and culturally centered care. All that being said, what would distinguish an Indigenous medical school from a typical medical school?

A lot of our American Indian and Alaska Native students have this sense that they need to check their culture at the door in order to fit into the culture of modern medicine, and it really is a shame. Another big challenge in medical education is that we have zero medical school deans who are American Indian. We're not underrepresented — we're unrepresented. Deans are the chief executive officers of medical schools, and we're not at those tables. We're not involved in curriculum development. We're not involved in student wellness as American Indian people, so we're relying on the non-Indian world to train our students. Something like one in 1,000 tenured medical professors is American Indian.

What would distinguish an Indigenous school is the incorporation of traditional Indigenous medicine into the curriculum. There's also a huge misunderstanding of how much Indigenous medical science has already contributed to the field. For example, even aspirin is willow bark tea. When you go to the ER, and they suspect a heart attack, the first thing they give you is willow bark tea — in the form of aspirin. That's our medicine. It's been our medicine for thousands of years. There are actually hundreds of examples of Indigenous medicine that have been incorporated into modern medicine.

You mentioned Native students feeling like they need to check their culture at the door. What was your own experience with that in medical school like?

I wear my hair in a traditional way, and there were even comments about that. I started medical school in 1990, so that's 36 years ago. Things have improved since then, but there's still a lot of work to do. There's this whole concept of education by humiliation — the idea that fear is a great motivator. If you get something wrong, you can be belittled and berated in front of your fellow students, and it's very traumatizing. I went to Stanford for medical school, and one of the attending physicians said I had to suffer, so you will too.

We already face high dropout rates from high school and lower college completion rates among Native students, so we have fewer potential pre-meds to begin with. And unfortunately, even in medical school, American Indian students have the highest dropout rate. It's a travesty to get that far and not finish. The Association of American Medical Colleges has what's called a graduate questionnaire, and in some years, as many as a quarter of graduates already regret going into medicine because of the way they were trained. That's our future workforce. The way we're doing it is wrong. We shouldn't be graduating traumatized scientists. We need healed healers. The tagline for ISOM, the Indigenous School of Medicine, is "Healed Healers Heal."

In our curriculum, we'll incorporate wellness, culture, and ceremony. We're focused on producing healed healers who can provide higher-quality care. When you think about it, the provider's health and balance directly affect how they interact with their patients.

Who can apply to ISOM?

This school is open to anyone. You do not have to be an Indigenous person, but you do have to have demonstrated commitment to Indigenous health. If we have allies who are committed to working with our people, they are welcome. My sense is that the majority of applicants will probably be Indigenous, but we welcome allies as long as they are truly committed to working with Native communities.

Where does the feasibility study currently stand, and where might the school be located?

We received a $1 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to conduct a feasibility study, business plan, and economic impact assessment. We've had discussions with several cities — Rapid City, South Dakota; Anchorage, Alaska; Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Flagstaff, Arizona. By far the greatest support has been in Rapid City. We have letters of support from the mayor, from the CEO of Monument Health, from the dean of the University of South Dakota Medical School, from the presidents of South Dakota State University and the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, and from the large tribal clinic in Rapid City. The political, academic, economic, and health system support is tremendous. Our business plan will be complete by the end of July, and then we move into fundraising. ISOM will be a nonprofit medical school, so we'll depend on fundraising and large-scale endowments.

We know there are massive health disparities in Indian Country, driven by many factors. How could ISOM close those gaps?

Many of the health disparities we deal with are preventable. One of the big missing pieces is Indigenous-focused medical education in which our providers are healthy and balanced, culturally sensitive and humble, and can work effectively with our people. If we have higher-quality care and access to more services, we will see those disparities improve. The long-term goal — seven generations from now — is to have no disparities, to have equitable health for all populations. That's the dream our future generations will live out.