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NO LONGER A MATTER OF CONCERN: Rebekah Simpson & Royce Taghon - Sedona Shamanic
Epiphany:
Don't know who "Medicine Bear" is.
--- Quote ---Bear was born and raised in North Dakota. He is an eagle dancer and elder of the Blackfoot tribe. His practice and knowledge in the medical field has given him insight as a medical intuitive, for this he was given the name “Medicine Bear” in 2011. He occasionally will join Rebekah during tours and ceremonies and may also be your guide to Jerome, the Grand Canyon and Hopi. Rebekah and Bear began walking together in March 2011.
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He and Rebekah might both dye their hair darker, looks that way to me. His tats are distinctive, includes an "End of the Trail" image (source of original image http://www.nationalcowboymuseum.org/education/lesson-plans/Fraser/Fraser.aspx) , with a date, might be in memory of someone who has passed on.
Autumn:
Piff, her hair color has definitely changed to a darker shade.
There is so much that does not add up when you read her history on her website.
As you pointed out, Piff, she changed her heritage. It is even different on two places on her website, and not just on history capture:
--- Quote ---Rebekah is a true Arizona native who grew up in the Verde Valley and began studying and practicing Native American history, beliefs, and shamanism from a very young age. On her father’s side, she is Blackfoot and Crow, and on her mothers side, she is Seminole. Rebekah also received a Life Coaching certification in 2007.
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(bolding mine)
http://sedonashamanicjourneys.com/
--- Quote ---Rebekah’s blood lines on her Mothers side date back to the Blackfoot tribe on her grandmothers side and the Seminole tribe on her grandfathers side. Her fathers lineage is unknown.
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http://sedonashamanicjourneys.com/about-2/
This is a brief timeline of her history:
She grew up near Sedona (in a financially poor, but loving environment), fascinated with Native American culture.
She had two children out of wedlock at the age of 15 and 18.
In 2006, she was working for corporate, but wanted to do some more purposeful work.
She became certified as a life coach in 2007.
She starting having dreams and visions and left a new house, a crumbling nine year relationship and moved to Sedona, which is what her visions were urging her to do.
In 2009, she took one 13 year old child (the other was in foster care) and moved to Sedona.
The older son gave her a grandson when she was 33, but he got in trouble and ended up in prison and the mother of the child did not want to have anything to do with her.
In Sedona, she met lots of interesting people and spent a year and a half healing.
She became a tour guide and this is what is really interesting:
--- Quote ---She became a tour guide and began to study about the surrounding area, including the land, the vortexes, geology, Native American history, the plants, animals and so on. She has taken hundreds of visitors out on the land and practiced the same ceremonies that her teachers showed her. She learned how to heal with the Medicine Wheel, the natural healing energy of the Vortexes and prayer.
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(bolding mine)
So, would these teachers be:
--- Quote ---studied as an apprentice with Shamans and elders from the Navajo, Hopi, Yurock and Lakota Tribes
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or are they her ancestors of the Blackfoot, Crow, and Seminole?
and could this possibly be Medicine Bear who does tours with her:
--- Quote ---She fell in love with an old friend and now lives happily in Prescott Arizona. Both of them are from the same tribe and share the same Native American beliefs.
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http://sedonashamanicjourneys.com/about/
Medicine Bear is with the Blackfoot tribe.
--- Quote ---Bear was born and raised in North Dakota. He is an eagle dancer and elder of the Blackfoot tribe.
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http://sedonashamanicjourneys.com/about-2/
and now she is charging $2,500 for a seven day Shamanic Practitioners Training, where you can learn all this:
--- Quote --- Animal Totems
Balancing the Physical and Spiritual Worlds
Boundaries
Ceremony
Communicating with the Spirit World
Confidence
Dreams
Elements
Energy Medicine
Forgiveness
Gratitude
Healing with Stones, Crystals and Wands
Health (Physical and Spiritual) Nutrition and Exercise
Herbal Medicine
Medicine Tools
Medicine Wheel Ceremony
Natural Healing
Natural Laws
Prayer and Intentions
Sacred Counsel
Sacred Places
Sacred Space
Senses and Inner Guidance
Shamanic Journey
Shape Shifting
Smudging
Soul Retrieval
Spiritual Diagnosis
Spirit Guides
Sweat Lodge
Vision Quest
Walking Between Worlds
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(correction, it may include all the above)
However, it does not include accommodations:
--- Quote ---*The cost for this does not include accommodations, except for the one night in Chinle. When you call, Rebekah will offer you suggestions on where to stay in Sedona for the other five nights.
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http://sedonashamanicjourneys.com/sedona-shamanic-healing-practitioners-training-seven-day-retreat/
Epiphany:
Found yet another heritage claim:
--- Quote ---Rebekahs Native Side: Rebekah is of Native American Heritage, Cherokee and Seminole from her mothers side, and Blackfoot and Crow from her fathers side.
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http://www.sedonacreativelife.com/pre1142.html
Interesting phrasing there, that she has a "native side".
She was born in 1976, she says she was born in Cottonwood, Arizona. And that she and her family (she says she has five siblings) lived other places including Oregon, Oklahoma, and Florida.
That timeline is helpful, thanks Autumn.
--- Quote ---Her mother is the Shaman of her tribe, she’s the one who everyone went to for natural healing, spiritual counsel, herbal tinctures, and comfort. Now Rebekah follows in her footsteps.
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http://sedonashamanicjourneys.com/rebekah-simpson-offers-native-american-shamanic-healing/
This is on a page where she also writes:
--- Quote --- Her Native American bloodlines are of the Crow and Blackfoot tribes of the Northwest on her Fathers side and Seminole of the Southeast on her Mothers side.
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So she is saying that her mother is the Shaman of her tribe, the Seminole. Although she changes from her mother being the Shaman now to her mother "was" the one everyone went to, all in one sentence.
So Rebekah's mother was the Seminole Shaman, yet she herself "studied as an apprentice with Shamans and elders from the Lakota Tribe".
Much of her material on websites comes from elsewhere, much of it not properly sourced.
Autumn:
And just look at one of her inspirations:
--- Quote ---“When humans participate in ceremony, they enter a sacred space. The bodies of participants become filled with the energy of life and this energy reaches out and blesses the creation around them. All is made new, everything becomes sacred.” -Sun Bear, Native American Elder
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(bolding mine)
http://sedonashamanicjourneys.com/sedona-shamanic-healing-practitioners-training-seven-day-retreat/
Epiphany:
Mother Seminole
Father Blackfoot and Crow
Even though I can’t prove it, most people can tell by my strong facial features and naturally tan skin
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Mothers side: her grandmothers side Blackfoot
Seminole tribe on her grandfathers side.
Father lineage is unknown
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Mother: Cherokee and Seminole
Father: Blackfoot and Crow
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I summarized three of her heritage stories above.
All this doesn't strike me as someone who is learning about their distant heritage, refining their actual genealogy as they learn more through research. This instead seems like someone is making stuff up and can't always remember what they said before.
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