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Title: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hop
Post by: Piff on July 08, 2018, 08:16:59 pm
Sheila Seppi, follower of Charlene Hicks-Venard "Wolf Moondance"(http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=3586.0) also cites:

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one of my teachers and Hopi Elder, Jeremie Leckron, who learned them from her teacher Snow Deer

https://www.facebook.com/spiritwaywellness/posts/275106742538045

Jeremie Leckron aka "Grandmother Medicine Song" has removed her real name from her current web site:
http://hopiwisdomteachings.com/hwt/about-grandmother-medicine-song/ ... but it is available for now in Google cache form:

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Grandmother Medicine Song, also know as Jeremie Leckron, has a Ph. D. in Psychology from the University of California Berkley, Post Doctorate work in Religion from the California Institute for Integral Studies and an Ordination of Divinity from the Unity School of Christianity. For many years, Dr. Leckron had an active practice as a Jungian analyst. She also served as a apprentice to Gertrude Teusch (1980-1994) in the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6yTim0rRQTcJ:hopiwisdomteachings.com/hwt/about-grandmother-medicine-song/+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-b-1-ab

One of her companies is Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC

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Grandmother spent her summers on the Mesas of Arizona with her Hopi Grandmother where she learned and lived the mysteries and ways of the people.
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Her family lineage is that of the Hopi Bear Clan.

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Grandmother Medicine Song served as long-term apprentice to several American Indian Elders and teachers, specifically,

    Chief Dan Evehema (Hopi)
    Sun Bear (Chippewa)
    Fire Dog (Navajo)
    Grandfather Rolling Thunder (Shoshone/Cherokee)
    Grandmother Snowdeer (Olgala Sioux)
    Grandmother Moon Shadow (Zuni)
    Her Grandmother Violet Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi, Third Mesa)
    Her Great Aunt Tishoma Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi)
    Her Uncle Tom Banyanca (Hopi, Second Mesa)

http://hopiwisdomteachings.com/hwt/about-grandmother-medicine-song/

She recently registered Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC in Kentucky, is active, and is working to disappear info about herself. I'll help research more on her but wanted to make sure to get the ball rolling.

[slightly changed title-Al]
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka "Grandmother Medicine Song" "Hopi Elder"
Post by: Piff on July 08, 2018, 08:46:32 pm
She was born in 1945. Other names include Jeremie Lynne Jackson and Jerri Lynne Harris

Leckron is her most recent married name. Her husband Davis Chal Leckron, he died in 2009. In his obit she is listed as Jerri Harris, so I assume Harris is her birth surname.

As Jeremie Leckron she has the Kentucky nonprofit Sanctuary Community Fellowship & Spiritual Retreat, INC. Her husband Davis Leckron was involved in this also. She is president and ministerial director.

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HEALING BLANKET WORKSHOP
Presented by
Jeremie Leckron, Spiritual Teacher

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This workshop is being taught by recognized elder and teacher of the pueblo nations, Jeremie Leckron, along with the help of her wonderful apprentices. Jeremie teaches American Indian Wisdom in the old way, through stories, ceremony and by example. She shares her memories and wisdom with ten ongoing teaching circles in Lancaster, Kentucky where she is the Spiritual Director of Sanctuary, Inc. (Spiritual Retreat and Teaching Center).

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COST AND PAYMENT: The total cost of the one-day workshop is $150.00 per person.

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Deposits and full payments should be sent to Sheila Seppi

https://allevents.in/leadville/healing-blanket-workshop/297710113728365


Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka "Grandmother Medicine Song" "Hopi Elder"
Post by: educatedindian on July 08, 2018, 10:22:04 pm

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Grandmother Medicine Song served as long-term apprentice to several American Indian Elders and teachers, specifically,

    Chief Dan Evehema (Hopi)
    Sun Bear (Chippewa)
    Fire Dog (Navajo)
    Grandfather Rolling Thunder (Shoshone/Cherokee)
    Grandmother Snowdeer (Olgala Sioux)
    Grandmother Moon Shadow (Zuni)
    Her Grandmother Violet Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi, Third Mesa)
    Her Great Aunt Tishoma Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi)
    Her Uncle Tom Banyanca (Hopi, Second Mesa)

Longtime members already know that some of her teachers are frauds. But for others viewing this thread:

Sun Bear AKA Vincent Laduke, Anishnaabe who did a fake version of Lakota beliefs, set up the Bear Tribe cult of white hippies.

Rolling Thunder was actually John Pope, retired white railroad worker claiming to be "Chickamauga" a common claim of people with distant or invented claims of being Cherokee. He married a Shoshone woman, was not one himself. Led white hippies in a commune based in an old brothel, fooling the likes of the Grateful Dead.

Dan Evahema was an extremely elderly Hopi man used and misrepresented by exploiters.

Banyacya (correct spelling) has also been misused by exploiters, but was strongly against precisely what Leckron and others do. Isn't it bizarre she can't spell her alleged relative and teacher's name?

The Hopi ancestry claims are unclear and need more looking at. But what she teaches obviously is a mangling of claims about unrelated traditions. Very little of what she claims is Hopi or Native actually is. Moved to Frauds.
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka "Grandmother Medicine Song" "Hopi Elder"
Post by: Piff on July 08, 2018, 11:21:26 pm
Organization Number   1023013
    Name   Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC
    Profit or Non-Profit   P - Profit
    Company Type   KLC - Kentucky Limited Liability Company
    Status   A - Active
    Standing   G - Good
    State   KY
    Country   USA
    File Date   6/5/2018 1:31:05 PM
    Organization Date   6/5/2018
    Last Annual Report   N/A
    Principal Office   301 Hurst Dr
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
    Managed By   Members
    Registered Agent   Jeremie L Leckron
301 Hurst Dr
Harrodsburg, KY 40330

   Organizer   Jeremie L Leckron
    Organizer   Barbara Lee Black
    Registered Agent   Jeremie L Leckron

https://app.sos.ky.gov/ftshow/(S(an450xxyfulql5aodmmrvn5u))/default.aspx?path=ftsearch&id=1023013&ct=06&cs=99999
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka "Grandmother Medicine Song" "Hopi Elder"
Post by: Piff on July 08, 2018, 11:49:57 pm
In a Danville Kentucky 2002 newspaper article about a drum making workshop taught to a the cast of a Daniel Boone themed play - Jeremie Jackson Leckron is "an American Indian traditions instructor who leads those sincerely interested through the ancient ceremony of drumming."

She is described as "a descendant from the Hopi or Southwestern Pueblo Indians of Arizona." Also said to be "well versed in the traditions of many American Indians, including those of the Shawnee".

At least one of her prior students is still allied with her, they bought real estate together recently.

In a Louisville Kentucky 2002 article she is Jeremie Jackson, described as an environmentalist, one of five women depicted in a musical called "Women of the Earth".

When Davis C Leckron incorporated Sanctuary Community Fellowship and Spiritual Retreat Inc. in 2003, she was a member as Jeremie L Jackson. Eventually she became Jeremie Leckron. She is now President of Sanctuary, but it's status is listed as bad.

Her current Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC is for profit.
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka "Grandmother Medicine Song" "Hopi Elder"
Post by: Piff on July 08, 2018, 11:58:53 pm
I listened to her "Wisdom Circles" audio here http://hopiwisdomteachings.com/hwt/2018/06/14/round-words/

Summary: use round words not cactus words, use good medicine voice, watch what you say, spirits are always listening, ears are not mouths, blame and judgement is bad.

She is introduced as "recognized Hopi elder and teacher".
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka "Grandmother Medicine Song" "Hopi Elder"
Post by: Piff on July 12, 2018, 01:46:24 am
Mention by a student Leigh Gaitskill :

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n 1990 she went through the Nine Gates Mystery School (www.ninegates.org) program, then went on to study Huna, completed the Fisher Hoffman process, explored Buddhist practices and sat vipassana, and worked with Hopi elder Jeremie Jackson for two years.

https://wellnesswithkate.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/guest-blogger-leigh-gaitskill/
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka "Grandmother Medicine Song" "Hopi Elder"
Post by: Piff on July 12, 2018, 02:07:50 am
Artist Karen Totten:

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...inspired by teachings I was privileged to partake of by a Hopi grandmother (her name is Jeremie and she lives in Kentucky, having been asked to go there by her elders to set up teaching circles in what they believe was a previous migration area - the nearby Serpent Mound is an ancient marker of that migration).

http://www.starryroadstudio.com/blog/my-creative-process

Artist Debra Hille:
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Currently apprenticed to Hopi Elder Jeremie

https://www.debrahille.com/about

Nichole:

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Now is the time to break those karmic contracts we did not sign up for. The ways we act, the limiting beliefs, the self-loathing, the inability to Slow down and walk in beauty, as my old teacher Grandmother Jeremie would say.

https://nurturingspirit.org/
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Piff on July 12, 2018, 03:51:59 am
Back in 2010 in an Asheville NC New Age directory:

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Past Life Therapy    Manifested Wellness    Jeremie Jackson    669-9366

https://web.archive.org/web/20101118102046/http://www.newfrontier.com:80/aha/Paranormal.htm

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Jeremie both identifies herself as Hopi, but she also talks about learning things "from" Hopi.

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Grandmother spent her summers on the Mesas of Arizona with her Hopi Grandmother where she learned and lived the mysteries and ways of the people.

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Recognized Hopi Elder, storyteller and teacher of the Pueblo Indian Nations – Hopi, Zuni and Navajo.

http://hopiwisdomteachings.com/hwt/about-grandmother-medicine-song/
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Piff on July 13, 2018, 04:24:56 am
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The Hopi Tribe reserves the right to:
1)Prevent publication of intellectual resources which is unauthorized, sensitive, misrepresentatives or stereotypical of the Hopi people or harms the health, safety, or welfare of the Hopi people

http://www8.nau.edu/hcpo-p/ResProto.pdf

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Through the decades the intellectual property rights of Hopi have been violated for the benefit of many other, non-Hopi people that has proven to be detrimental.

http://www8.nau.edu/hcpo-p/intellectPropRights.html

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Her family lineage is that of the Hopi Bear Clan.

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Her Grandmother Violet Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi, Third Mesa)
Her Great Aunt Tishoma Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi)

http://hopiwisdomteachings.com/hwt/about-grandmother-medicine-song/

I'm an outsider, so keep that in mind. But one theory on how she came up with this is that she grabbed an incorrect version of the surname of a prominent Hopi jeweler / artisan family, added a first name, and put the Hopi word for bear (according to this and other sources https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hoonawu ) in the middle.

She easily could have come across books and articles on Charles Loloma (Charles Loloma – Hopi Modernist https://www.ganoksin.com/article/charles-loloma-hopi-modernist/ )

The Loloma family of Arizona can be seen in census. I don't see any Violet or Tishoma there.

Jeremie was born in 1945, her actual grandmother would have been born around 1905 or so.

I've checked records through familysearch.org and also newspapers.com.

I don't see any records of the surname "Lolama" in Arizona.


Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Piff on July 13, 2018, 04:28:44 am
Gleaned from Facebook:

2014, Kentucky:

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Grandmother Jeremie's Sacred Hoop Workshop

2015, Kentucky, for a children's camp:

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Special Guest Grandmother Jeremie Leckron, a recognized elder and teacher of the Pueblo Indian Nations – Hopi, Zuni and Navajo, will hold HOPI storytelling circle
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Smart Mule on July 14, 2018, 01:37:18 am


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Her family lineage is that of the Hopi Bear Clan.

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Her Grandmother Violet Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi, Third Mesa)
Her Great Aunt Tishoma Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi)

http://hopiwisdomteachings.com/hwt/about-grandmother-medicine-song/


Hoonawu Lolama would be a bastardization (due to the misspelling of Loloma) of "Hello Bear".

There is one Lolama on the Hopi rolls, a little girl named Ramona who was born in 1934. I am assuming Lolama was simply a misspelling on her birth and enrollment records.

Tishoma was a Choctaw man who was involved in a law suit in 1841 regarding land that was entitled to him under the fourteenth article of the treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek.
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Piff on July 14, 2018, 03:45:25 am

There is one Lolama on the Hopi rolls, a little girl named Ramona who was born in 1934. I am assuming Lolama was simply a misspelling on her birth and enrollment records.


In 1940 federal census:

Name    Ramona Loloma
Event Type    Census
Event Date    1940
Event Place    Supervisorial District 2, Navajo, Arizona, United States
Sex    Female
Age    6

Some transcribers of the census listed her first name as "Romona". She was Charles Loloma's sister and was also an artist.

Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Piff on July 14, 2018, 04:18:00 am
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Grandmother Moon Shadow (Zuni)

This easily could be fully made up. Jeremie would need to give us details on name and credentials - but even then that would not make up for the fact that Jeremie herself is a fraud.

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Grandmother Snowdeer (Olgala Sioux)

There was a man in the 1930s or so, from a tribe other than what she claims here, he was a famous hoop dancer and he used the name "Snow Deer".  He was in several adverts for performances. In the 1940s his actual name was listed in a brief society news bit.

But Jeremie could have just made up that name fully too.

Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: educatedindian on July 14, 2018, 06:52:30 am
Gleaned from Facebook:

2014, Kentucky:

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Grandmother Jeremie's Sacred Hoop Workshop

2015, Kentucky, for a children's camp:

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Special Guest Grandmother Jeremie Leckron, a recognized elder and teacher of the Pueblo Indian Nations – Hopi, Zuni and Navajo, will hold HOPI storytelling circle

On top of all these stolen or invented lineages using famous figures and mangled names and translations, there's these obvious mistakes:

Navajo are definitely NOT Pueblo. Entirely separate people, culture, language an entirely different family. Arrived far later to the area and have long historical conflicts with the Hopi.

Maybe only as far away from the Hopi as Kentucky could they get away with such an obvious mistake. In AZ there'd be laughter and disbelief.

Some consider the Zuni to be Puebloan, some don't. Language is a different family from Puebloan ones.
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Piff on November 03, 2018, 03:15:41 am
Some of the prior links in this thread do not work anymore. It looks as if some archives have been removed also.

Her company Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC still exists and can be found through a search done here https://app.sos.ky.gov/ftsearch/

Google translation of an upcoming event:

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Grandmother Jeremie, Hopi Indian elder / teacher is in Djoj with a meeting. For the first time she probably gives a one-off meeting in the Netherlands about the American Indian sacred teachings. The lineage of Grandmother Jeremie is that of the Hopi Bear clan.

She gives this meeting together with Satya Henkes from Rotterdam. Satya is of Dutch origin and Grandmother has trained her and asked to pass on the old traditional lessons here. The language spoken during the meeting is English.

From January 2019, Satya will give these Hopi American circles in Djoj.

"May you Walk in Beauty" touches the essence of the lessons. Grandmother will explain the age-old way of remembering who you are, what your beauty, strength and medicine is. The following circles of circles are part of this tradition:
• The 13 grandmothers
• Vibratory Centers
• Medicine wheel
• 7 sacred directions
• '20 Count '
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Additional in English:

About Grandmother Jeremie
Grandmother Jeremie is a recognized elder and teacher of the Pueblo Indian nations – Hopi, Zuni and Navajo. Jeremie grew up walking in two worlds – that of the white man and that of “the people” – her family lineage is that of the Hopi Bear Clan. Although educated in the tradition of the white man to a PhD. level as well as being an ordained minister, she believes her real education comes from the apprenticeship she served to several American Indian Elders, including:
Chief Dan Evehema – Hopi
Sun Bear – Chippewa
Grandmother Snowdeer – Oglala Sioux
Jeremie has been given permission by her American Indian teachers to share the wisdom of the old ways through the oral tradition.

https://www.djoj.nl/html/Activity/Thema_dagen_-_avonden/Satya_Henkes/SHEN12326/May_you_Walk_in_Beauty.htm?fbclid=IwAR3PKfWyZ_8XSNx4ccHEa94M7012Ilg1e96jABW8Ysn8OGFWVP2DDd7i7O8

archived https://web.archive.org/web/20181103030646/https://www.djoj.nl/html/Activity/Thema_dagen_-_avonden/Satya_Henkes/SHEN12326/May_you_Walk_in_Beauty.htm?fbclid=IwAR3PKfWyZ_8XSNx4ccHEa94M7012Ilg1e96jABW8Ysn8OGFWVP2DDd7i7O8
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Piff on November 03, 2018, 03:28:19 am
Google translate:

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INNER NOMADS PODCAST Afl. 2 | In conversation with Satya Henkes about the value of sacred Native American teachings for the modern life that we live. And vice versa ??

Satya works in her daily life for the municipality of Rotterdam as project / program manager and coach / trainer. The use of your talent or 'original medicine' in this world are processes that are central to her work.

Hopi Indian elder / teacher Grandmother Jeremie taught Satya in the traditional wisdom of the Hopi and asked her to pass on the lessons. The application of this knowledge in daily modern Western life is mostly Satya's interest.

Here you can listen to the episode:
https://innernomads.com/podcast/

A lot of listening pleasure! May you walk in beauty.

Miranda

Look for "Afl. 02 – Satya Henkes, Hopi-wijsheid voor het moderne leven" here: https://innernomads.com/podcast/?fbclid=IwAR3DW9NsVa4CKtS2DUz7mVzYJatc0PIHZEZFMRlcwLLsWg9Qoel86QeGouo
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: milehighsalute on January 30, 2019, 03:21:34 pm
my ex ol lady was zuni

also have a cousin who married to a zuni....and tons of zuni friends

i NEVER heard of anyone once even close to having a hokey azz name like "moon shadow"
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Piff on July 09, 2019, 02:19:47 am
Hopi Wisdom Teachings LLC principal office address is now PO Box 593 Danville, KY 4042-30593

Jeremie L Leckron is the organizer and registered agent.

Her website has expanded.

In an audio clip on her site she says "my biological heritage includes both european anglo saxon (she pronounces it "saxton") and southwestern Hopi Indian" and she speaks of "white mormon ancestry and my Hopi Indian ancestry". She describes a grandmother as "full blooded Hopi".

Although she promises "teachings of the Hopi" at times she speaks as if Hopi people are different from her. Phrases like "to my friends at Hopi" and that she is a "conduit only" mix with her explicit claims of Hopi ancestry and Hopi childhood upbringing.

Leckron says she has a community of over 200 people.
Title: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC
Post by: revcheno on February 12, 2020, 03:00:47 pm
Hello Everyone --

I'm a Unitarian minister serving in Lexington, KY and the organization "Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC" wants to use our property. I stumbled across this forum and this post in particular (http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=5229.0). It raised some red flags obviously. I don't want us to be the church that rents out to an organization that is appropriating Hopi rituals. Some initial digging around has made me aware that ripping off indigenous rituals is a profitable business for many...I guess I was naive.

I've reached out to the Hopi tribe and am waiting for their input as well. Any other people/groups you'd recommend reaching out to? Plus, I figured instead of necro-ing the old post, I'd ask if anyone had new information on this?

With gratitude.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC
Post by: Defend the Sacred on February 13, 2020, 04:39:12 am
It's OK to post in the older threads. Just ignore the weird red notice; that's part of the system software, not our opinion.
Title: Re: Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be Hopi Elder
Post by: Defend the Sacred on February 13, 2020, 04:41:18 am
Merging threads.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: revcheno on February 13, 2020, 03:59:49 pm
Thanks for this! I'll update this thread when I hear from the Hopi tribe.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: revcheno on March 04, 2020, 04:30:12 pm
Update:

I heard from the Hopi Foundation in Arizona and they raised a red flag. They nudged along my other requests to the tribal government and I also reached out to the Pueblo of Zuni since Leckner claims authority from them as well. I imagine it'll be a while before I hear back anything else, but this thread and the concern from the Hopi Foundation are enough for me.

In speaking with one of Leckner's representatives, they stated: "She has been given authority to draw from all indigenous wisdom to build a bridge with white Americans."  A Cherokee colleague of mine nearly had a stroke when I told him this. Anyway, I've started to spread the word to other churches in town.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: debbieredbear on March 04, 2020, 08:24:23 pm
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In speaking with one of Leckner's representatives, they stated: "She has been given authority to draw from all indigenous wisdom to build a bridge with white  Americand"

Wow! The absolute arrogance of that! Thank you for doing this.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: revcheno on January 15, 2021, 02:56:57 pm
Hello Everyone --

Sorry for the major delay here, last I posted was right before the global pandemic shut everything down! So, sorry for necroing, but I felt it was important to share the final bits of information I had here.

It was interesting to navigate the network of tribal governments, but ultimately each one has an office that handles, in part, cultural inquiries. Each one (Hopie and Pueblo of Zuni) had no record of Jeremie Leckron having the authority to do this.

I don't see what else I can do, though I will continue to inform other colleagues. In searching for her group, this thread pops up -- so that's something and I feel that's important, just so people can learn there's several red flags.

One piece that I do need to follow up on is that even the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission was unclear about the legitimacy of Hopi Wisdom Teachings and Jeremie Leckner. Which is absolutely shocking...since this is Shawnee, Adena, and Cherokee land. I'll certainly let them know and I hope they settle that ambiguity.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: educatedindian on January 15, 2021, 06:09:43 pm
State commissions or other organizations claiming to be Native often are not, or have dubious members. There are no standards in most states for state recognition Offhand I don't know about Kentucky. But most Cherokee would start by stating there are only three legitimate Cherokee tribes, CNO, Keetowah, and Eastern Band. Anyone claiming to be Cherokee who is not of those three should be looked at more closely.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: Defend the Sacred on January 15, 2021, 08:56:14 pm
So, sorry for necroing, but I felt it was important to share the final bits of information I had here.

It is always appropriate to add new information to an old thread. So, no apologies needed. :)

Just ignore the weird alert that comes up (about it being an old thread) that's a "feature" of the forum software we just haven't figured out how to remove.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: Sparks on January 15, 2021, 11:43:47 pm
… I also reached out to the Pueblo of Zuni since Leckner claims authority … In speaking with one of Leckner's representatives …

… the legitimacy of Hopi Wisdom Teachings and Jeremie Leckner.

There is no Leckner involved here. The correct name(s), as noted in this topic's title, is Jeremie Leckron.

Three websites with her biography and many details about her alleged Native American connections:

https://www.walk-ins.org/copy-of-jacquelin-smith
https://portaltoascension.org/speaker/jeremie-leckron/

https://hopiwisdomteachings.com/jeremie-leckron/
"I am Grandmother Medicine Song, also known as Jeremie Lynne Leckron."
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: milehighsalute on March 12, 2021, 10:18:58 pm
Grandmother Medicine Song served as long-term apprentice to several American Indian Elders and teachers, specifically,

    Chief Dan Evehema (Hopi)
    Sun Bear (Chippewa)
    Fire Dog (Navajo)
    Grandfather Rolling Thunder (Shoshone/Cherokee)
    Grandmother Snowdeer (Olgala Sioux)
    Grandmother Moon Shadow (Zuni)
    Her Grandmother Violet Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi, Third Mesa)
    Her Great Aunt Tishoma Hoonawu Lolama (Hopi)
    Her Uncle Tom Banyanca (Hopi, Second Mesa)

not sure if dan evehema was a caucice......i thought he was a holyman?
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: verity on March 18, 2021, 12:04:31 am
She was born Jerri Lynn Jackson, 1943, Los Angeles county CA.

Parents George Samuel Jackson and Jayne (Goodjohn) Jackson. Their memorials https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52721990/george-samuel-jackson https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52722097/jayne-jackson include obits, the obits have differing surnames for Jeri/Jerri dependent on her married surname at the time.

The memorials link back through several generations of her ancestors.

Part of her heritage claim:

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my maternal Grandmother. .... She was adopted into the family of a Mormon Missionary when she was around age 7 or 8.  Her name in Hopi as I understand it was Komokpu Korani (Violet Small Owl, which could also translate to mean Pigmy owl,).  Her lineage is from 3rd Mesa, Old Oraibi, Arizona and the clan name is either Lolama or Honau.  Recently, I went back to Hopi in search of any remaining family members but was unsuccessful in finding living relatives.

Here is her actual maternal grandmother Violet (Spiers) Goodjohn https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224492493/violet-goodjohn - a white Mormon woman of Scottish and English descent.

As for the claim that Violet was adopted by Mormon missionaries at around age 7, this is also proven untrue by the fact that she is in successive census with her white Mormon family, including when she was very young.

She also claims a:

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Great Aunt, Tish (1/2 Hopi 1/2 Anglo)

Here is her actual maternal great aunt Emily “Tish” Speirs Staples https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101810/emily-staples

One of her direct maternal female ancestors has an especially lengthy obituary that includes a racist story about supposed local Native American men. Apparently she told odious racist stories to keep children in line, and her family loved her for this (?).

( ancestry.com, familysearch.org, newspapers.com and general googling used for research here )
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: verity on March 18, 2021, 12:28:00 am
This operation is expanding quite a bit.

Her "Happiness Team at Hopi Wisdom Teachings"  includes:

Jeanne Terry, Content Editor, seven-year apprenticeship, teaches circles

Satya Henkes, Global Community Outreach Director, Netherlands, sixth year of apprenticeship

Barbara Lee Black, art and marketing, in seventh year apprentices

Shawchyi, creating education curriculum, seventh year

Betty Jo Jackson, admin, seventh year apprentice, attending circles since 2007, leads circles.

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One of the many workshops they offer is a "Hopi Initiations Circle".

From Facebook:

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Official Circling Community of Hopi Wisdom Teachings and Grandmother Medicine Song. Through her teachings from the Hopi and American Indian traditions she has helped many learn to practice "Walking the Beauty Way"

I listened to " A Message for the Tribal Elders, Grandmother Medicine Song extends her heart and hand to the Grandmothers and Grandfathers of the Hopi and other Tribal Nations." She says she is of Hopi lineage, 3rd mesa. She asks for forgiveness for the mistakes of her white ancestors. She says she is following her vision of building bridges between people. She says that any Hopi or anyone else of other tribal nations who feel she is doing something incorrect should "please feel free to reach out to me".

Audio here: https://hopiwisdomteachings.com/ My personal impression of her message is that she is performing for her white non-Native followers.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: verity on March 18, 2021, 12:36:05 am
"Hopi Wisdom Teachings" contact form https://hopiwisdomteachings.com/contact-us/

They have not responded to my inquiry. :)

Keep this in mind:

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https://hopiwisdomteachings.com/terms/
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: Diana on March 18, 2021, 05:09:54 am
I did a quick search on Jeremie Leckron's Hopi grandmother Violet Speirs Goodjohn.

Violet Speirs
in the 1900 United States Federal Census

View1900 United States Federal Census
 
Name:   Violet Speirs
[Violet Spens]
Age:   5
Birth Date:   Dec 1894
Birthplace:   Utah, USA

Home in 1900:   Tooele, Tooele, Utah
Sheet Number:   10
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:   184
Family Number:   195
Race:   White
Gender:   Female
Relation to Head of House:   Daughter
Marital Status:   Single
Father's Name:   Thomas L Speirs
Father's Birthplace:   New York, USA
Mother's Name:   Annie Speirs
Mother's Birthplace:   Utah, USA
Neighbors:   View others on page
Household Members   Age   Relationship
Thomas L Speirs 41 Head
Annie Speirs 35 Wife
Mabel Speirs 13 Daughter
James Speirs 11 Son
Alice Speirs 9 Daughter
Violet Speirs   5 Daughter
Bertha Speirs 3 Daughter
Emily Speirs 1 Daughter


Thomas L Speirs
in the 1900 United States Federal Census

View1900 United States Federal Census
 
Name:   Thomas L Speirs
[Thomas L Spens]
Age:   41
Birth Date:   May 1859
Birthplace:   New York, USA
Home in 1900:   Tooele, Tooele, Utah
Sheet Number:   10
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:   184
Family Number:   195
Race:   White
Gender:   Male
Relation to Head of House:   Head
Marital Status:   Married
Spouse's Name:   Annie Speirs
Marriage Year:   1886
Years Married:   14
Father's Birthplace:   Scotland
Mother's Birthplace:   Scotland

Occupation:   Farmer
Months Not Employed:   0
Can Read:   Yes
Can Write:   Yes
Can Speak English:   Yes
House Owned or Rented:   Own
Home Free or Mortgaged:   F
Farm or House:   F
Neighbors:   View others on page
Household Members   Age   Relationship
Thomas L Speirs   41 Head
Annie Speirs 35 Wife
Mabel Speirs 13 Daughter
James Speirs 11 Son
Alice Speirs 9 Daughter
Violet Speirs 5 Daughter
Bertha Speirs 3 Daughter
Emily Speirs 1 Daughter



Annie Speirs
in the 1900 United States Federal Census

View1900 United States Federal Census
 
Name:   Annie Speirs
[Annie Spens]
Age:   35
Birth Date:   Dec 1864
Birthplace:   Utah, USA
Home in 1900:   Tooele, Tooele, Utah
Sheet Number:   10
Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:   184
Family Number:   195
Race:   White
Gender:   Female
Relation to Head of House:   Wife
Marital Status:   Married
Spouse's Name:   Thomas L Speirs
Marriage Year:   1886
Years Married:   14
Father's Birthplace:   England
Mother's Birthplace:   Scotland

Mother: number of living children:   6
Mother: How many children:   7
Can Read:   Yes
Can Write:   Yes
Can Speak English:   Yes
Neighbors:   View others on page
Household Members   Age   Relationship
Thomas L Speirs 41   Head
Annie Speirs   35   Wife
Mabel Speirs 13   Daughter
James Speirs 11   Son
Alice Speirs 9 Daughter
Violet Speirs 5 Daughter
Bertha Speirs3 Daughter
Emily Speirs 1 Daughter
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: verity on March 18, 2021, 04:45:40 pm
Violet (Speirs) Goodjohn is very well documented throughout her life. She is not a mysterious figure. Diana has the crucial census here.

Census, obituary, photos, and over 100 newspaper articles document her life. Violet was an active civic worker in Tooele, Utah. High school plays, school elections, Latter Day Saints ward activities, dramatic readings, women's clubs, historian, city councilman, county Red Cross chairman, a Democratic women's club ........ so much can be found through newspapers.com. After she died there were various memorials and declarations made to honor her.

Even as recent as 2003 her name has been in newspapers, in this case as part of extended family legal trust.

Violet's ancestors are also documented. Considered pioneers, prominent Latter Day Saints.

As one of just many examples, here is her paternal grandfather George Speirs (born in Scotland) described:

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He was President of the High Priest quorum and a leading figure in the Seventy Quorum. Then he was honored with the crowning glory of Patriarch of Tooele Stake. He gave 83 blessings, the last of which was given four days before his death which occurred December 19, 1919 at the age of 93.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: verity on March 18, 2021, 05:05:24 pm
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Great Aunt, Tish (1/2 Hopi 1/2 Anglo)

This is Jeremie Leckron's claim about Emily “Tish” (Speirs) Staples, but again this is a very well documented woman. Just like her sister Violet, she was very active in civic matters. Obit, photos, census, newspaper articles, and other records detail her life.

One of many examples, this from The Transcript Bulletin 28 Mar 1958:

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Affectionately called 'Tish 'by most everyone, she is a native of Tooele. She is a graduate from Tooele high school and the University of Utah, obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree at University of Utah in 1939. She is at present time working for a Master of Arts degree at the Utah State University. 'Tish' has continuously served as a teacher in the Tooele County schools since 1923.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: verity on March 19, 2021, 05:12:34 am
Some details on how this identification was made:

Jeremie Leckron states she was born in 1943, Glendale CA. She says she has Mormon family ancestry.

People search records supply her birth month and day. Also a list of past surnames.

She has used the name Jeremie Jackson-Leckron for her "Hopi elder" performances. In her most recent husband's obituary she is named Jeri Harris at the time of their marriage. Sometimes she uses the middle initial L.

Her indexed birth record, including her mother's maiden name, can be found on Family Search. Same birth date, same birthplace - Jerri Lynn Jackson.

Through public records, a chronology can be worked up, including through several surname and ultimately first name change.

Both sides of her family can then easily be looked over. She claims Hopi maternal lineage through "Violet" and "Tish". These names are reflected in her actual maternal line, both white Mormon women.

She is seen in the 1960 Utah Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Record, accessed through Family Search - along with her parents and four siblings.

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In 2001 she turns up in Kentucky news and event listings as Jeremie Jackson-Leckron, "Unity lay Minister and Hopi Elder".
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: verity on March 19, 2021, 07:38:59 pm
Here are the details from an earlier posted link:


HEALING BLANKET WORKSHOP
Presented by
Jeremie Leckron, Spiritual Teacher

DATE: Saturday, June 28, 2014
TIME: 10:00AM – 4:00PM
LOCATION: SpiritWay Wellness Center, 201 West 6th Street, Leadville, CO 80461, 719-486-0320
WEB: SpiritWayWellnessCenter.com

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP:
It is time for us to learn to use our energy to create beauty and healing in our lives and on the planet. There is a way to weave healing medicine back into the earth through our spiritual practice. The Hopi people understood these practices; that by healing themselves they were also healing Mother Earth. This workshop will focus on the American Indian (primarily the Hopi) sacred teachings of the Healing Blanket. You will be doing a kind of personal work that will connect you in a good way to the cycles of life and All Our Relations. This work is potent and vital. Serve yourself and your world by attending and practicing what is taught at this workshop. Together we will learn through sacred ceremony, story, meditation, prayer, song and dance methods of self-healing and detoxification that will help heal not just ourselves, but our Mother, the Earth.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER: This workshop is being taught by recognized elder and teacher of the pueblo nations, Jeremie Leckron, along with the help of her wonderful apprentices. Jeremie teaches American Indian Wisdom in the old way, through stories, ceremony and by example. She shares her memories and wisdom with ten ongoing teaching circles in Lancaster, Kentucky where she is the Spiritual Director of Sanctuary, Inc. (Spiritual Retreat and Teaching Center).

COST AND PAYMENT: The total cost of the one-day workshop is $150.00 per person. A $50.00 non-refundable deposit is required by June 1st with the balance due by check or cash prior to the day of the workshop. Deposits and full payments should be sent to Sheila Seppi using the following Registration Form. Space is limited to the first 25 on a first come, first served basis.

Post-Workshop Activity
On Sunday, June 29, Kathy Hill, apprentice to Jeremie will be hosting a drum teaching circle entitled, Heartbeat of the Earth from 10:00 – noon at SpiritWay in Leadville. Cost for the circle is a donation no less that $30 with workshop participants receiving at $10 discount making the cost $20.
Title: Re: Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC, Jeremie Leckron aka Grandmother Medicine Song falsely claiming to be
Post by: verity on March 19, 2021, 07:45:35 pm
Current companies:

   Organization Number   1023013
    Name   Hopi Wisdom Teachings, LLC
    Profit or Non-Profit   P - Profit
    Company Type   KLC - Kentucky Limited Liability Company
    Status   A - Active
    Standing   G - Good
    State   KY
    Country   USA
    File Date   6/5/2018 1:31:05 PM
    Organization Date   6/5/2018
    Last Annual Report   9/29/2020
    Principal Office   Po Box 593
Danville, KY 404230593
    Managed By   Members
    Registered Agent   Jeremie L Leckron
301 Hurst Dr
Harrodsburg, KY 40330
Current Officers
    Member   JEREMIE L. LECKRON
    Member   BARBARA LEE BLACK
Individuals / Entities listed at time of formation
    Organizer   Jeremie L Leckron
    Organizer   Barbara Lee Black
    Registered Agent   Jeremie L Leckron


   Organization Number   0562080
    Name   SANCTUARY COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP & SPIRITUAL RETREAT, INC.
    Profit or Non-Profit   N - Non-profit
    Company Type   KCO - Kentucky Corporation
    Status   A - Active
    Standing   G - Good
    State   KY
    File Date   6/16/2003
    Organization Date   6/16/2003
    Last Annual Report   3/2/2020
    Principal Office   301 HURST DRIVE
HARRODSBURG, KY 40330
    Registered Agent   JEREMIE LECKRON
301 HURST DRIVE
HARRODSBURG, KY 40330
Current Officers
    President   jeremie Leckron
    Vice President   CHAD K RAGLAND, JR.
    Secretary   SARA CAVITT
    Treasurer   CHAD K RAGLAND, JR.
    Director   Jeremie Leckron
    Director   SARA CAVITT
    Director   CHAD K. RAGLAND